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Danny Yang
Personal blog · yangdanny97.github.io/blogprogrammingdata
Danny Yang's personal blog at yangdanny97.github.io covers programming and data. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “How MOSS Works”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment links this blog in a thread about a GitHub Copilot investigation. It mentions tools for spotting copied code (MOSS, BlackDuck) but does not discuss the post's 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.
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Most-linked posts?
- How MOSS Works2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-17
What Hacker News says?
There are some techniques used mostly to detect when students copy paste code. I've seen some of the tools in that space and they have varying degrees of accuracy. MOSS is a common one[0]. There are some vendors in this space too (BlackDuck comes to mind) but they're $$$ so only within the scope of large corporations. If anybody has any ideas relating to this type of analysis, I'd be excited to chat. I am working on…
Comment linking /blog/2019/05/03/MOSS
on “GitHub Copilot investigation”Submitted How MOSS Works as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making a Strava-Style Heatmap with My Citibike Ride History as a story · 1 points
HN discussion