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Personal blog · howdytx.technologyprogrammingsystemsmath

Ethan's Site is a personal blog at howdytx.technology about programming, systems and math. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Unix history and the `dc` calculator”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-07, and you can follow it by feed.

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6mentions?
3HN people?
2024–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2024

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Unix history and the `dc` calculator
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-29

What Hacker News says?

  1. dcminter · 2024-09-01

    Submitted Unix history and the `dc` calculator as a story · 71 points

    HN discussion
  2. Ethan_Barry · 2026-08-29

    Submitted Exploring SML (Language Review by a Firmware Guy) as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. kristianpaul · 2024-08-29

    Submitted Unix History and the `DC` Calculator as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Ethan_Barry · 2024-06-11

    Submitted Teaching Calculus to Computers in Rust as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Ethan_Barry · 2024-05-17

    Submitted Compiling an Antique Language with Rust as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Ethan_Barry · 2025-12-30

    Submitted Tech Policy Should Look Like Engineering Requirements as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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