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Federico Terzi
Personal blog · federicoterzi.com/blogprogrammingsystemsweb
Federico Terzi's personal blog at federicoterzi.com covers programming, systems and web. Since 2021, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Why Electron Is a Necessary Evil”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for essays on software performance and programming, such as a plea for lean software and a list of Rust tips and tricks for learners.
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.
A Developer who loves building great products. Learn more about my journey as a software engineer, you'll find technical articles, side-projects and much more!
Most-linked posts?
- Why Electron Is a Necessary Evil4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-01-21
- Rust Tips and Tricks you might not know yet2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-07
What Hacker News says?
I have another feeling that while what you say is likely true, in a world without Electron, we would have a lot less common software available on Linux with companies opting for native UI toolkits on Windows and Mac only. Qt, though better than electron, isn't that lean [1], and is available under only LGPL or an expensive commercial license. I also don't think Electron is entirely responsible for the slowness in ma…
Comment linking /blog/why-electron-is-a-necessary-evil/
on “A 2024 Plea for Lean Software”Submitted Why Electron Is a Necessary Evil as a story · 52 points
HN discussionThese might help: * https://dystroy.org/blog/how-not-to-learn-rust/ * https://federicoterzi.com/blog/12-rust-tips-and-tricks-you-m...
Comment linking /blog/12-rust-tips-and-tricks-you-might-not-know-yet/
on “Everything I wish I knew when learning C”Submitted Why Electron Is a Necessary Evil as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rust Tips and Tricks you might not know yet as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding CRDTs: A Gentle Introduction as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Good Software Architectures are mostly about Boundaries as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Electron Is a Necessary Evil as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building robust applications: make invalid states unrepresentable as a story · 1 points
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