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Eisfunke is a personal blog at eisfunke.com about programming and security. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Simple WireGuard Docker network setup”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
5HN people?
2020–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2021

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

Why HN links it

Posts on a userspace WireGuard client that exposes itself as a proxy, and on SVG's strengths and weaknesses and the trade-offs in its language design. Comments here focus on the technical points rather than the writing.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Simple WireGuard Docker network setup
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-09-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. > Are you sure what you described works? Last I tried it didn't work, and this is explicitly stated on wireguard.com: If we're talking simply about decoupling routing from AllowedIPs, yes, using that right now and set it up several times. For redundant routers, see below. > > In other words, when sending packets, the list of allowed IPs behaves as a sort of routing table This does seem in conflict with my understand…

    Comment linking /article/docker-wireguard-systemd.html

    on “A userspace WireGuard client that exposes itself as a proxy”
  2. Submitted Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense as a story · 235 points

    HN discussion
  3. You're absolutely right, it is always a trade-off. I've added a paragraph at the end of my article focused on that particular problem to address that: https://www.eisfunke.com/article/language-design-machine-or-...

    Comment linking /article/language-design-machine-or-human.html

    on “SVG: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
  4. Submitted SVG: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as a story · 220 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Simple WireGuard Docker network setup as a story · 97 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted SVG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2021) as a story · 85 points

    HN discussion

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