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Hong Minhee
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Hong Minhee's personal blog at writings.hongminhee.org covers writing, programming and philosophy. Since 2026, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-15, 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 Hong Minhee's posts on copyleft and whether legal means legitimate in AI reimplementation of code, and on craft and work. Comments only cite or link the posts, with no judgment of the writing.
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.
Hong Minhee on Things
Most-linked posts?
- Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-01-16
- Why craft-lovers are losing their craft2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-03-21
- Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-03-09
What Hacker News says?
Sure! Here's what I wrote about the story: https://writings.hongminhee.org/2025/10/stf-fedify/
Comment linking /2025/10/stf-fedify/
on “Astral to Join OpenAI”Submitted Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThese are words of Stallman: "So, I looked for a way to stop that from happening. The method I came up with is called “copyleft.” It's called copyleft because it's sort of like taking copyright and flipping it over. [Laughter] Legally, copyleft works based on copyright. We use the existing copyright law, but we use it to achieve a very different goal." https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
Comment linking /2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
on “Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft”Submitted I Don't Destroy Snowmen as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThis piece appears to be a response to [my recent essay on craft, alienation, and LLMs][1], so let me engage with it directly. The argument collapses every social and structural explanation into a single move: the individual chose it. This is the classic libertarian reduction, and it has a well-known failure mode. Under this framework, there is no coherent distinction between a choice made under duress and a choice…
Comment linking /2026/03/craft-alienation-llm/
on “The machine didn't take your craft. You gave it up.”Submitted Why craft-lovers are losing their craft as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIt seems like this is a Marxist that is recycling his posts through an LLM. This other post of his is eerily similar: https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/02/acting-materialistic...
Comment linking /2026/02/acting-materialistically-in-an-imperfect-world/
on “Why craft-lovers are losing their craft”Submitted Why craft-lovers are losing their craft as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I added ActivityPub to this blog as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them as a story · 1 points
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