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Personal blog · artemave.github.ioprogramming

def blog is a personal blog at artemave.github.io about programming. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Stub like a surgeon, spy like James Bond with REST-assured (2012)”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.

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Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog's post on stubbing HTTP, which mentions the BBC's REST-assured tool and using it for BDD testing with Cucumber. The comment only points to the post as related reading.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Stub like a surgeon, spy like James Bond with REST-assured (2012)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-03

What Hacker News says?

  1. There's a post here: http://artemave.github.io/2012/05/27/stub-like-a-surgeon-spy... that talks about using a similar service (the BBC's REST-assured https://github.com/BBC/REST-assured ) to aid in BDD using cucumber.

    Comment linking /2012/05/27/stub-like-a-surgeon-spy-like-james-bond-with-rest-assured/

    on “Mock your HTTP responses to test your REST API”
  2. Submitted Faster Android emulator with Android-x86 on VirtualBox as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Stub like a surgeon, spy like James Bond with REST-assured (2012) as a story · 1 points

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