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hackeryarn is a personal blog at hackeryarn.com about programming and systems. Since 2019, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “When DRY Goes Wrong (2013)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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18mentions?
7HN people?
2019–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2019

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Posts on writing Rust macros, presented as a multi-part series. The one linked comment points readers to parts 2 and 3 and does not judge 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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. When DRY Goes Wrong (2013)
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-01-10
  2. Embrace Your Constraints
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-08-14
  3. Job Isn't Writing Code
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-03-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. For those interested, this blog post also has a part 2 and 3: https://hackeryarn.com/post/rust-macros-2/ https://hackeryarn.com/post/rust-macros-3/

    Comment linking /post/rust-macros-3/

    on “Let's write a macro in Rust”
  2. Submitted Let's write a macro in Rust as a story · 114 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Distrobox in Practice (2023) as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Job Isn't Writing Code as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted When DRY Goes Wrong as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted When DRY Goes Wrong (2013) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Hy with Django as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Using CLI Commands in Emacs as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted When DRY Goes Wrong as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Picking a Linux Distro as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Fast Python with Rust: a data-oriented approach as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted What async means for your Python web app? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Embrace Your Constraints as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Embrace Your Constraints as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Hierarchies in a Hakyll Blog as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Your Job Isn't Writing Code as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted The Right Abstraction Forl Lambdas as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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