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Eric Helgeson
Personal blog · erichelgeson.github.ioprogrammingweb
Eric Helgeson's personal blog at erichelgeson.github.io covers programming and web. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Eric Helgeson's blog posts cover changing DNS servers to avoid ISP-level blocking, personal notes on setting up Docker with Fig, Spring Boot, Node and Postgres, and fixing window controls on macOS.
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A blog by Eric.
What Hacker News says?
Quick recommendation: change your DNS servers since this type of thing (and others) could be caused by your ISP. [1] https://erichelgeson.github.io/blog/2013/12/31/i-fought-my-i... [2] https://www.pcmag.com/review/364418/how-and-why-to-change-yo...
Comment linking /blog/2013/12/31/i-fought-my-isps-bad-behavior-and-won/
on “Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store”Submitted I fought my ISP's bad behavior and won as a story · 400 points
HN discussionI was playing with Fig, SpringBoot, Node and postgres stack this afternoon. Playing with Docker since its release this is the first time is really all clicked together. Here's my notes - https://erichelgeson.github.io/blog/2014/10/17/docker-spring...
Comment linking /blog/2014/10/17/docker-springboot-microservices/
on “Fig 1.0: Boot2docker compatibility and more”Submitted Whitelist CloudFlare in Nginx as a story · 1 points
HN discussionScreens are getting bigger and bigger, yet they make things smaller and harder to click on. Back in the days when it was common for Macintosh to have 640x480 screens (or even smaller), they still fully visible window controls that were impossible to miss. https://erichelgeson.github.io/blog/2021/03/23/ultimate-syst...
Comment linking /blog/2021/03/23/ultimate-system-7.1/
on “Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues”Submitted The Missing guide to Enterprise APIs as a story · 1 points
HN discussion