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Heron's Perch
Personal blog · heronsperch.blogspot.comprogrammingsystems
Heron's Perch is a personal blog at heronsperch.blogspot.com about programming and systems. Since 2010, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “GNUstep Is Not OpenStep... ”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog as a source from the GNUstep project lead on the project's status, including its API completeness and the GNOME on GNUstep progress it reports.
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.
Mostly Apple, GNUstep and stuff about me personally. I'm the Chief Maintainer for the GNUstep project.
Most-linked posts?
- GNUstep Is Not OpenStep... 2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-11-17
- Making GNUStep looking cool under Gnome2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-12-27
What Hacker News says?
From the chief GNUStep maintainer: http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2010/11/gnustep-is-not-opens...
Comment linking /2010/11/gnustep-is-not-openstep.html
on “Sony's next-gen application platform built on Objective C/GNUStep”Submitted Swift, and why it hurts you (from an GNUStep developer) as a story · 55 points
HN discussionThe projects lead's website mentions that 10.5 API completeness is already close. Here is the reference: http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2013/06/gnustep-mythbusting.... He certainly doesn't quantify this on either his blog, nor on the kickstarter campaign though.
Comment linking /2013/06/gnustep-mythbusting.html
on “Kickstart the GNUstep Project”Submitted GNOME on GNUstep: First look as a story · 35 points
HN discussionHere's a blog post from today showing more progress: http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2010/12/bean-running-with-gn...
Comment linking /2010/12/bean-running-with-gnome-native-theme-as.html
on “GNOME on GNUstep: First look”Submitted GNUstep compatibility with macOS Catalina almost complete as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making GNUStep looking cool under Gnome as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNUstep foundation is now close to macOS Catalina compatibility as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apportable using GNUstep to port applications from iOS to Android as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Source Is Hobbling Itself over Generative AI as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Objective-C end of life? Not a chance as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNUstep Is Not OpenStep... as a story · 1 points
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