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Dallas Gray
Personal blog · rdallasgray.github.io/blogprogramming
Dallas Gray writes Automatic Coding, a personal blog at rdallasgray.github.io about programming. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “What's wrong with JavaScript”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One HN commenter cites this blog as an example of the long-running criticism of JavaScript, alongside their own complaints about maintaining large codebases and code readability. No comment praises or criticises the post directly.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- What's wrong with JavaScript2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-09
What Hacker News says?
There's been much ink spilled over Javascript's failings (eg. http://rdallasgray.github.io/blog/2013/06/09/whats-wrong-wit... ), but my high-level complaints: 1. becomes difficult to maintain large codebases for language-induced problems without multiple external libraries/frameworks/systems and/or expert practitioners. 2. code readability is all over the place (in contrast to, say, Python or Java). In fact, the bes…
Comment linking /blog/2013/06/09/whats-wrong-with-javascript/
on “Top Inventions at Browserling”Submitted What's wrong with JavaScript as a story · 43 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trends in modern programming language syntax as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mod Lang: What are the features of a modern programming language syntax? as a story · 8 points
HN discussion