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Personal blog · zgrimshell.github.ioprogrammingwriting

i.am.z.grim.shell is a personal blog at zgrimshell.github.io about programming and writing. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Interviews with FLOSS Developers: Joey Hess”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.

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6HN people?
2015–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2015

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked posts are interviews with free and open-source software developers, covering how they got into open source, such as through Debian contributions and mailing lists.

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.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Interviews with FLOSS Developers: Joey Hess
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-09-17

What Hacker News says?

  1. markvdb · 2019-06-15
    Joey was very active in Debian, but has retired from it in 2015. http://zgrimshell.github.io/posts/interviews-with-floss-deve...

    Comment linking /posts/interviews-with-floss-developers-joey-hess.html

    on “Hacking Water”
  2. ashitlerferad · 2016-05-21

    Submitted 4 months of work turned into Gnome, Debian testing based tablet as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. pabs3 · 2021-04-05
    My progression into open source is documented in an interview (link below), but in short by running Debian, contributing to Debian packages I use and other packages, following Debian mailing list discussions, Debian community blog posts and IRC channels etc. The same probably applies to other FLOSS distros too. For a while I noted down a list of interesting software, but the open source world has exploded since I st…

    Comment linking /posts/interviews-with-floss-developers-paul-wise.html

    on “Ask HN: Can build CRUD apps, what now?”
  4. edward · 2015-09-17

    Submitted Interviews with FLOSS Developers: Joey Hess as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. zlatan_todoric · 2015-02-28

    Submitted Interview with Joey Hess as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. xai3luGi · 2015-03-05

    Submitted Interviews with FLOSS Developers: Paul Wise as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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