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ciesie.com is a personal blog at ciesie.com about programming and systems. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Zig: Tagged Unions are quite sexy”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-18, and you can follow it by feed.

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8mentions?
6HN people?
2020–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2022

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Personal site covering embedded programming, Zig, computer graphics, Python and opinions, with HID and open-source hardware projects such as a BLE knob. Linked as a personal blog in an Ask HN thread.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Zig: Tagged Unions are quite sexy
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-03

What Hacker News says?

  1. I'm working on an (usually) open-source hardware designs - mostly HID devices. I'm pretty experienced with embedded programming. I do a lot of 3D art, which often inspires me to build devices. Currently I'm working on a BLE knob - here is a USB version https://ciesie.com/project/magknob/ I'm not focused on these making money but I'd like to reach a point where I can sell some devices. My main goal is quality and gre…

    Comment linking /project/magknob/

    on “Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?”
  2. Submitted Well, it seems you just don't like programming as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  3. https://ciesie.com Mostly embedded stuff. Some zig, some computer graphics, some Python, some opinions.

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”
  4. Submitted Zig: Tagged Unions are quite sexy as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Tagged Unions are quite sexy (2024) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Emotional value of the bytes you don't own as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted C as a scripting language thanks to TinyCC as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted What problem does it solve? – how to deal with new technologies as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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