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I like turtles!!1

Personal blog · jann.ishardwareprogramming

I like turtles!!1 is a personal blog at jann.is about hardware and programming. Since 2017, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Lego Macintosh Classic with e‑paper display”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.

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9mentions?
8HN people?
2017–2018first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2017

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a post on using an iPad Pro as a main programming computer, connecting via Blink and Mosh to a VPS that runs a Docker container with the tooling.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Lego Macintosh Classic with e‑paper display
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2017-04-04
  2. Remotely tunneling to a server using an iPad Pro for programming
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2017-10-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. stfwn · 2018-04-03Recommends
    Another interesting take on exactly this topic, also using Blink to SSH (Mosh) into a VPS: https://jann.is/ipad-pro-for-programming/ I run the set up from that article sometimes, which depends mostly on an app to connect to a VPS and running a Docker container with all your tooling there. In the end, that's all there is to it; Blink is a nice terminal app, and you're using it to do the actual work on a linux machine…

    Comment linking /ipad-pro-for-programming/

    on “Working on an iPad Pro as my main computer”
  2. andrevoget · 2017-04-07

    Submitted Lego Macintosh Classic with e‑paper display as a story · 468 points

    HN discussion
  3. txmjs · 2018-02-05Recommends
    I remember reading a good article outlining this: https://jann.is/ipad-pro-for-programming/

    Comment linking /ipad-pro-for-programming/

    on “Ask HN: what is a good dev setup with an iPad?”
  4. TheArcane · 2017-10-26

    Submitted Remotely tunneling to a server using an iPad Pro for programming as a story · 64 points

    HN discussion
  5. jayniz · 2017-10-25

    Submitted The iPad Pro as main computer for a programmer as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  6. miles · 2017-04-05

    Submitted Lego Macintosh Classic with e‑paper display as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. jayniz · 2017-04-04

    Submitted Lego Macintosh Classic with e-paper display running docker as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. techbubble · 2017-04-06

    Submitted Lego Macintosh Classic with e‑paper display as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. nkjoep · 2017-04-05

    Submitted Lego Macintosh Classic with e‑paper display as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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