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David E. Weekly
Personal blog · david.weekly.orgsecurityprogramminghardware
David E. Weekly's personal blog at david.weekly.org covers security, programming and hardware. Since 2018, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on handling recruiter calls, including politely declining with a simple link. One commenter prefers it to other advice and says it remains as relevant as when it was written.
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.
Founder & CEO of Network Weather and Medcorder — four-time founder, former R&D leader at Facebook, Google & Capital One, board member and advisor.
What Hacker News says?
I prefer my brother's post "How to handle recruiter calls" which is 5 years old and every bit as relevant as when he wrote it. https://david.weekly.org/how-to-handle-recruiter-calls/
Comment linking /how-to-handle-recruiter-calls/
on “Tell recruiters politely “no” with a simple link”Submitted What your router knows (but won't tell) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Detailing a phishing attack: Nyasher, a Google account-takeover kit as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: Undocumented Qualcomm mesh topology 802.11 frames as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Overview of the Web (2012) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion