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Chris Dickinson
Personal blog · neversaw.usprogramming
Chris Dickinson's personal blog at neversaw.us covers programming. Since 2010, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often “Understanding WASM: Part 1 – Virtualization”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN links this blog for a post about Ruby's 'unless' keyword and how it reads for people whose first language is not English. Only one brief comment mentions it, and it does not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Understanding WASM: Part 1 – Virtualization3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-05-11
- Understanding WASM, Part 2: Whence WASM2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-01
- Py a la Node: running python code in node.js2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-05-21
What Hacker News says?
Alas, it seems I've missed my chance to discuss one of my favorite things: Ruby. If you're a latecomer to this submission like myself, here are three things to keep in mind as you read the replies: - Many remarks concern the difficulty of understanding "unless" for those with a first language other than English. It may be interesting to note that Ruby was created in Japan, and that "unless" has been in the language…
Comment linking /2022/01/30/the-canvas-cares-not/
on “Read This Post ‘Unless’ You’re Not a Ruby Developer”Submitted Py a la Node: running python code in node.js as a story · 31 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Learning Spiral as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Not Your Father's JavaScript - Better built-in methods for common actions as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Weekend project: Node.js Python binding (plus a walkthrough) as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Javascript: The Magic Parts as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding WASM: Part 1 – Virtualization as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Javascript and Node.js Gotchas as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Templates kind of suck (and how they can be better). as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding WASM Part 3 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding WASM, Part 2: Whence WASM as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Case for Bash (2021) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughtlessness as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding WASM, Part 3: You Are Here as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding WASM as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why qe need WebAssembly if we have Java as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Career Progression as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding WASM as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Canvas Cares Not as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vague, Meandering Impressions of ES6 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introducing Didact as a story · 1 points
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