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Filipa MV
Personal blog · okayfail.com · on HN as phillmvprogrammingculturepolitics
Filipa MV's personal blog at okayfail.com covers programming, culture and politics. Since 2011, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “The nytimes they are a-changin'”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Filipa MV's blog for its essays, and one commenter recommends her November 2025 post "In praise of DHH" as a starting point. Only one comment on the blog was found.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- The nytimes they are a-changin'2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-07-18
What Hacker News says?
Hi, thanks! My unsolicited advice is: whether they realize it or not, _everyone transitions_ ;) http://okayfail.com/garden/everyone-transitions.html I came out socially for most of a year before I committed to hormones, and it took me another year and a half to commit to removing my facial hair. At some point it really is a leap of faith. But you can do a lot of exploring and trying things out until you feel comfort…
Comment linking /garden/everyone-transitions.html
on “I Met Paul Graham Once”Submitted I Met Paul Graham Once as a story · 1072 points
HN discussionI would recommend as a starting point this beautiful piece from November: https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
Comment linking /2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
on “A Message from the Ruby Central Board”Submitted The nytimes they are a-changin' as a story · 67 points
HN discussion>Even though they support price controls elsewhere like utility monopolies. Rent control feels good in the short term, but is detrimental to the vast majority in the long term in a large variety of ways. This is a bit of a myth / this argument is typically made in a very weaselly way. A strict nominal price control will indeed make investment in apartments a money loser; but a price control that adjusts with inflati…
Comment linking /2018/rent-control-great-security-of-tenure.html
on “Why Do Fewer Renters Expect to Move?”Submitted The nytimes they are a-changin' as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted UIs Should Be Versioned, Just Like We Version APIs as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted Howto: Make a timelapse video like the errant cron task nytimes one as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on building a feed reader as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Additional Timelapse of BBC and versus NYTimes one as a story · 1 points
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