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humancode.us is a personal blog at humancode.us about programming and culture. Since 2013, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Humancode.us - Marissa's Tumblr: Geeking Out on the Logo”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a source for Marissa Mayer's changes at Yahoo, such as tweaking the logo font and making the homepage fresh and dynamic. The one commenter cites it as an example rather than praising 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?
- Humancode.us - Marissa's Tumblr: Geeking Out on the Logo2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-06
What Hacker News says?
This article provides no insights, but it's not wrong either. Shortly after Marissa took over, she became obsessed over minutia like tweaking the Yahoo! logo font[1] and making the homepage “fresh and dynamic” [2]. Oh brother. Still, she she deserves credit for making Flickr much better, and for shrewd acquisitions like Tumblr. She made Yahoo! better. No failure in that. [1] http://humancode.us/post/60431192797/mari…
Comment linking /post/60431192797/marissas-tumblr-geeking-out-on-the-logo
on “Transformation at Yahoo Foiled by Its Leader’s Inability to Bet the Farm”Submitted Do not rush software development as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Source Software Is the Pastime of the Rich as a story · 3 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Tall Poppy Syndrome as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Humancode.us - Marissa's Tumblr: Geeking Out on the Logo as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fork You as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Tale of Two Obsoletives as a story · 1 points
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