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Dan Dreams of Coding

Personal blog · dandreamsofcoding.comprogrammingcareer

Dan Dreams of Coding is a personal blog at dandreamsofcoding.com about programming and career. Since 2012, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 93 times, most often “Broke gets fixed, crappy is forever”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.

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93mentions?
18HN people?
2012–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 44 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog's 2013 post "Broke gets fixed, crappy is forever" on why poor products persist. It is also cited in threads on open-plan offices and on Cunningham's Law.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

A human-written blog about coding, management, interviewing, and other assorted topics

Most-linked posts?

  1. Broke gets fixed, crappy is forever
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-05-07
  2. Building a Dumber Team
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-07-19
  3. I told you so
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-07-24
  4. Java quirks and interview gotchas
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-01-05

What Hacker News says?

  1. hcrisp · 2016-01-29
    "Broken gets fixed; crappy lasts forever " http://dandreamsofcoding.com/2013/05/06/broke-gets-fixed-cra...

    Comment linking /2013/05/06/broke-gets-fixed-crappy-is-forever/

    on “Why Shitty Products Survive and Thrive”
  2. bratfarrar · 2013-08-08

    Submitted Shutting Down a Dream as a story · 231 points

    HN discussion
  3. twic · 2019-07-22
    So, we've got: Cunningham's Law: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer" [1] "Broke gets fixed, crappy is forever" [2] I feel like there should be a third but that's what i've got. [1] http://fed.wiki.org/journal.hapgood.net/cunninghams-law/fora... [2] https://dandreamsofcoding.com/2013/05/06/broke-gets-fixed-cr...

    Comment linking /2013/05/06/broke-gets-fixed-crappy-is-forever/

    on “Fsyncgate: Errors on fsync are unrecoverable (2018)”
  4. bratfarrar · 2013-01-22

    Submitted What do technical managers do, anyway? as a story · 83 points

    HN discussion
  5. peteforde · 2020-05-12
    I collect links on topics that interest me, sometimes over long periods. I have a list called "Open plan offices are bad". https://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt... https://www.mattblodgett.com/2015/06/just-wear-headphones.ht... https://dandreamsofcoding.com/2014/06/17/science-superstitio... http://nathanmarz.com/blog/the-inexplicable-rise-of-open-flo... https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/09/10/de…

    Comment linking /2014/06/17/science-superstition-and-open-plan-offices/

    on “Ask HN: Why are you against open plan offices?”
  6. bratfarrar · 2014-03-18

    Submitted Dissecting an interview question as a story · 67 points

    HN discussion
  7. bratfarrar · 2014-06-18

    Submitted Science, Superstition, and Open Plan Offices as a story · 51 points

    HN discussion
  8. bratfarrar · 2012-12-26

    Submitted Learn on someone else's dime as a story · 41 points

    HN discussion
  9. bcjordan · 2013-11-26

    Submitted Hackers vs. Software Engineers as a story · 18 points

    HN discussion
  10. bratfarrar · 2014-06-29

    Submitted What not to do during an interview as a story · 17 points

    HN discussion
  11. bratfarrar · 2012-12-17

    Submitted An elegant data type for a more civilized age as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  12. noahblumenthal · 2013-04-08

    Submitted How "Senior" Software Engineers are Different as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  13. krat0sprakhar · 2013-01-28

    Submitted How To Be A Star as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  14. bratfarrar · 2014-02-19

    Submitted How to piss off, demoralize, and demotivate your team as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  15. bratfarrar · 2013-01-04

    Submitted Hard Problems as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  16. bratfarrar · 2013-09-16

    Submitted Hackers and Software Engineers as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  17. bratfarrar · 2013-07-23

    Submitted The Adults in the Room as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  18. bratfarrar · 2013-02-04

    Submitted Managing Managers as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  19. bratfarrar · 2025-07-19

    Submitted Building a Dumber Team as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  20. bratfarrar · 2014-04-02

    Submitted My first big idea as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  21. noahblumenthal · 2013-04-15

    Submitted Anti-Mastery as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  22. bratfarrar · 2026-10-04

    Submitted What Happens Next as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. Gooblebrai · 2025-12-06

    Submitted Building a Dumber Team as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  24. bratfarrar · 2015-03-24

    Submitted Someone just quit as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  25. bratfarrar · 2015-01-05

    Submitted Java quirks and interview gotchas as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  26. bratfarrar · 2014-08-01

    Submitted Dissecting an interview question: reconstructing a tree as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  27. bratfarrar · 2014-03-03

    Submitted What to do if you don't get a summer internship as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  28. bratfarrar · 2013-11-12

    Submitted Mise en place as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  29. bratfarrar · 2013-09-19

    Submitted Coding as Jazz Piano as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  30. bratfarrar · 2013-06-23

    Submitted Fun vs Satisfaction as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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