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Ian Wootten

Personal blog · ianwootten.co.uk · on HN as ianwoottenprogrammingcareer

Ian Wootten's personal blog at ianwootten.co.uk covers programming and career. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Comparing Vat Solutions for Bootstrapped UK Businesses”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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23mentions?
5HN people?
2011–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2022

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The linked comment points to a post by Ian Wootten on setting up an .is domain, the subject of the Availability.is thread. The comment only names the post and does not assess its 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.

Solving complex problems with simple solutions. Specialising in Python software and web applications.

The author on HN?

ianwootten · 117 karma · member since 2011

I'm a freelance developer running a small company Nifty Digits in the UK. My blog: http://www.ianwootten.co.uk Twitter: @iwootten

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Comparing Vat Solutions for Bootstrapped UK Businesses
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-28
  2. How to Search Your Entire Twitter Archive with One Line of Jq
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-14

What Hacker News says?

  1. He writes about that on his blog: http://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2013/10/27/setting-up-an-is-doma...

    Comment linking /2013/10/27/setting-up-an-is-domain-with-isnic

    on “Availability.is ”
  2. Submitted With $15 in Sales, My First Digital Product Is My Most Successful Ever as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Ditching Claude for OpenCode and OpenRouter as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted “Python isn't Used in Prod” as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Investment Principles You Can Use for Blogging as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Comparing Low-Code Tools as a Developer as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Comparing Vat Solutions for Bootstrapped UK Businesses as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Why I Choose Popular Frameworks as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted A Survey of Hype in Web Development Podcasts as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted One Does Not Simply 'pip install' as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted You Probably Shouldn't Develop Your Own Digital Product Store as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted How to Search Your Entire Twitter Archive with One Line of Jq as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Deleting Disqus Made My Blog Run 3x Faster as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Oh Crap, I'm a Frontend Developer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Participate, Don't Preach as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted How Many Screenshot Apps Does the World Need? as a story · 1 points

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  17. Submitted How to Create a Python Virtual Environment by Hand as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted How to Search Your Entire Twitter Archive with One Line of Jq as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Coding on the Steam Deck as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Comparing Vat Solutions for Bootstrapped UK Businesses (2021) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted How to Query the Product Hunt API Responsibly with Python as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted How to Create AWS Lambda Layers for Python Dependencies as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Automatic Static Site Creation with Astro, Supabase and Netlify as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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