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FOSS Academic
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FOSS Academic is a personal blog at fossacademic.tech about programming, productivity and politics. Since 2020, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Dreaming in Code”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a reply to a WIRED article on the Mastodon 'bump and slump', describing a 'Killer Hype Cycle' in reporting on alternative social media, and for a Dreaming In Code post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
First, one goal is to explore life as a “FOSS Academic” – someone who uses Free and Open Source technologies to do academic work. I’m hoping that my discussions of FOSS technologies in an academic setting help others – students, professors, university administrators – understand the benefits and val
Most-linked posts?
- Dreaming in Code2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-13
What Hacker News says?
Forgot to cite the source https://fossacademic.tech/2020/12/06/Dreaming-In-Code.html
Comment linking /2020/12/06/Dreaming-In-Code.html
on “For a moment there, Lotus Notes appeared to do everything a company needed”Submitted Universities Lost the Internet as a story · 35 points
HN discussionGreat reply to this article: https://fossacademic.tech/2023/02/10/bumpAndSlump.html "I am going to use her latest WIRED article to illustrate an all-too-common trope in reporting on alternative social media: it’s what I call 'The Killer Hype Cycle.' ... The Cycle goes like this: first, a journalist notices a fledgling alternative social media system. Looking for a click-worthy angle, the journalist declares it the n…
Comment linking /2023/02/10/bumpAndSlump.html
on “The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump”Submitted Dreaming in Code as a story · 19 points
HN discussionGreat reply to this article: https://fossacademic.tech/2023/02/10/bumpAndSlump.html "I am going to use her latest WIRED article to illustrate an all-too-common trope in reporting on alternative social media: it’s what I call 'The Killer Hype Cycle.' ... The Cycle goes like this: first, a journalist notices a fledgling alternative social media system. Looking for a click-worthy angle, the journalist declares it the n…
Comment linking /2023/02/10/bumpAndSlump.html
on “The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump”Submitted Hey, Journalists: X Is Now Truth Social as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted A deep dive into a Zotero workflow as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted ActivityPub, the Non-Standard Standard as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reading the Digital Safety Act with My Mastodon Admin Hat On as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Zotero Tips and Tricks as a story · 1 points
HN discussion