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F055
Personal blog · f055.net · on HN as f055programmingaiculture
F055 is a personal blog at f055.net about programming, ai and culture. Since 2009, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a comment about the 140-character webapp challenge, a post about building web apps within that constraint. The commenter adds that real apps which do stuff are the point; no judgment of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
about life & dev
Most-linked posts?
- That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-03-14
What Hacker News says?
http://f055.net/article/the-140-character-webapp-challenge/ Real apps which do stuff ...
Comment linking /article/the-140-character-webapp-challenge/
on “Twitcode: A Program in 130 Characters”Submitted That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++ as a story · 303 points
HN discussionSubmitted We are all just LLMs as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Recreated Photoshop in C++ as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Windows GOG DOS Games on M-Series Macs as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted "That time I engineered my way into Oxford" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Recreated Photoshop in C++ as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: I asked AI to write Sci-Fi for eternity as a story · 2 points
HN discussion