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Chris Lamb
Personal blog · chris-lamb.co.uk · on HN as lambyprogrammingsystems
Chris Lamb writes lamby, a personal blog at chris-lamb.co.uk about programming and systems. Since 2008, 23 different Hacker News readers have linked it 57 times, most often “Command Line Hack: Locate the Source for any Python Module”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- /posts/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-progress-bar-like-wget2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-09-08
- Command Line Hack: Locate the Source for any Python Module2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-04-23
- AptFs: FUSE filesystem for APT source repositories2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-04
- Chris Lamb: 10 years of Debian2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-12-20
- Can you get cp to give a progress bar like wget?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-01-29
What Hacker News says?
Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Setter [0] This book tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts but reads like a genuine thriller or cyberpunk novel. [0] https://chris-lamb.co.uk/azn/B00KEPLC08
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on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?”Submitted Concorde as a story · 317 points
HN discussionI've been doing a very similar thing for a few years: https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/optimising-directory-navigati...
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on “Quickly navigate your filesystem from the command line”Submitted Can you get cp to give a progress bar like wget? as a story · 148 points
HN discussionHere's my strace hack from 2008: https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-prog...
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on “Strace – My Favourite Secret Weapon (2011)”Submitted GeoDjango and the UK postcode database as a story · 30 points
HN discussionOh neat.. I used to maintain a similar WordPress plugin well over a decade ago. https://chris-lamb.co.uk/projects/figurerender
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on “Show HN: Hacklily – sheet music editor”Submitted Distributing locking with Python and Redis as a story · 21 points
HN discussionRiku is 10 years ahead of me! https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/10-years-of-debian
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on “20 years as a Debian maintainer”Submitted Django-ctemplate: Compile Django templates to C as a story · 15 points
HN discussionMy (joke) version: https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-prog...
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on “Show HN: Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, etc.”Submitted Can you get cp to give a progress bar like wget? as a story · 15 points
HN discussionAnother "me too", but I really enjoyed writing this: https://chris-lamb.co.uk/projects/aptfs
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on “Writing a FUSE filesystem in Python”Submitted Command Line Hack: Locate the Source for any Python Module as a story · 10 points
HN discussionEven better solutions which are interesting to visualize were proved optimal in 2007. https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/optimal-solution-for-the-bloc...
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on “The Block Stacking Problem”Submitted Sysadmin-friendly deployment of Gunicorn in Debian for Django projects as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - Remote Highly skilled at: * Django and full-stack web development (8+ years) * System administration (Debian Developer, etc.) * Almost any open source work (see https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/free-software-activities-in-d... for recent example) If you are in search of a reputable software developer with a track record of producing high-quality and maintainable code, please get in touch to discuss your…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2017)”Submitted Disabling Internet for specific processes with libfiu as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - UK / Remote Highly skilled at Django development (7+ years) & system administration (Debian Developer, etc.) If you are in search of a reputable software developer with a track record of producing high-quality and maintainable code, please get in touch to discuss your needs. As former Technical Architect at Thread.com (YC S12) and Playfire.com I was responsible for two major Django codebases, receivin…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2015)”Submitted Don't ask your questions in private as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - Remote Highly skilled at: * Django and full-stack web development (8+ years) * System administration (Debian Developer, etc.) * Almost any open source work (see https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/free-software-activities-in-o... for examples) If you are in search of a reputable software developer with a track record of producing high-quality and maintainable code, please get in touch to discuss your needs…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2015)”Submitted Swordfish - High-level persistent key-value database as a story · 4 points
HN discussionstrace is definitely a fun toy. Here's my favourite hack: https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-prog...
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on “Using strace to figure out how Git push over SSH works”Submitted Awarded Core Infrastructure Initiative Grant for Reproducible Builds as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - Remote Highly skilled at: * Django and full-stack web development (8+ years) * System administration (Debian Developer, etc.) * Almost any open source work (see https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/free-software-activities-in-a... for recent example) If you are in search of a reputable software developer with a track record of producing high-quality and maintainable code, please get in touch to discuss your…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2016)”Submitted AptFs: FUSE filesystem for APT source repositories as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> I was so disappointed to see the brute-force solving solution to work perfectly fine I had the same slight disappointment when hacking a PostScript solver together back in 2005 (see https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/sudoku-solver-in-postscript ) On the positive side, a brute force approach means you can easily test for unique solutions.
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on “Sudoku as a Service with Julia”Submitted Are you building an Internet fridge? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMy Postscript one.. http://chris-lamb.co.uk/2007/06/10/sudoku-solver-in-postscri...
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on “Sudoku solver in SQL”Submitted Clear your inbox using DELAYED mail as a story · 3 points
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