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Ian Gilman
Personal blog · blog.iangilman.comprogrammingculture
Ian Gilman's personal blog at blog.iangilman.com covers programming and culture. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ian Gilman's blog for his projects and writing. One commenter calls his work 'really nifty stuff' and points to his Patreon, and another cites his post on hiring typists and training apprentices.
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.
What Hacker News says?
A friend of mine has a different solution to this problem which I think is really great. Programmer salaries are more than enough to pay someone to type for you. But he doesn't just hire typists. He trains apprentices. https://blog.iangilman.com/2018/06/wrists-apprentices.html
Comment linking /2018/06/wrists-apprentices.html
on “What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?”Submitted OpenSeadragon JavaScript zooming library turns 2.0, adds multi-image support as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIan Gilman (the Living Worlds developer) is on Patreon, btw! He makes really nifty stuff: https://www.patreon.com/iangilman & https://blog.iangilman.com/
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on “Living Worlds: 8 Bit art animated with palette cycling (2012)”Submitted Artist-Friendly JavaScript (startup idea?) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAll three are great projects! As @jrochkind1 pointed out, the key difference is that OpenSeadragon is oriented around non-map imagery whereas both Leaflet and OpenLayers are focused on maps. This leads to a number of subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences. One key point is that OpenSeadragon allows you to set the zoom level precisely where you want it without rounding to the nearest tile level. Leaflet is getting th…
Comment linking /2015/05/openseadragon-20-forest-to-tree-zooming.html
on “OpenSeadragon: A pure JavaScript high-resolution zoomable image viewer”Submitted OpenSeadragon (JavaScript zooming library) turns 2.3.0 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fathom: Discover New Music as a story · 1 points
HN discussion