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Don’t Read This Blog

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Don’t Read This Blog is a personal blog at dontusethiscode.com about programming and data. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-14, and you can follow it by feed.

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3HN people?
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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2023

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked as the home of James Powell's Python material. Commenters point readers to his advanced Python workshops and YouTube videos rather than to the blog's written posts.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

What Hacker News says?

  1. If you’re looking for advanced courses in Python, I highly recommend a workshop or class from James Powell. https://www.dontusethiscode.com

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    on “Ask HN: Programming Courses for Experienced Coders?”
  2. Submitted You've Been Writing Matplotlib Abstractions Wrong as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Watch almost anything on YouTube by James Powell http://www.dontusethiscode.com/

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    on “Ask HN: Which book would you recommend for learning Python in detail?”
  4. Submitted Do I Need Object Orientation? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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