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J. Cole Morrison

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J. Cole Morrison's personal blog at start.jcolemorrison.com covers programming and web. Since 2014, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 56 times, most often “AWS VPC Core Concepts in an Analogy and Guide”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

56mentions?
11HN people?
2014–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 19 in 2017

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link J. Cole Morrison's posts on daily coding habits, procrastination, and AWS networking basics, such as VPC core concepts explained with analogies.

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. AWS VPC Core Concepts in an Analogy and Guide
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-04-06
  2. 5 Tips and Thoughts on Async / Await Functions
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-01-20
  3. Is Docker in Trouble?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-11-14
  4. The Technical Side of the Capital One AWS Security Breach
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-08-01
  5. How I Fight Procrastination (As a Developer/Designer)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-06
  6. How to Setup Unified AWS ECS Logs in CloudWatch and SSM
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-02-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. tieTYT · 2014-04-10Recommends
    This is a good article. I believe this idea comes from Jerry Seinfeld^1. Here's an article that really complements the submission: http://start.jcolemorrison.com/how-i-fight-procrastination/ It's titled "How I fight Procrastination" and gives advice on how to break up tasks into day-sized activities. Finally, I want to say I personally disagree with the OP's 2nd point: 2. It must be useful code. No tweaking indentat…

    Comment linking /how-i-fight-procrastination/

    on “Write Code Every Day”
  2. Submitted AWS IAM Policies in a Nutshell as a story · 222 points

    HN discussion
  3. ninetax · 2019-01-16Recommends
    Nice, I found this explanation a bit more in depth and super helpful as well https://start.jcolemorrison.com/aws-vpc-core-concepts-analog...

    Comment linking /aws-vpc-core-concepts-analogy-guide/

    on “Networking on AWS (2018)”
  4. Submitted Modern cloud architecture on AWS: server fleets and databases as a story · 87 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Technical Side of the Capital One AWS Security Breach as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted The Complete CloudFormation Guide as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Understanding Enough Awk to Search Piles of Files and Text as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted HTTP 1, 2, and 3 in a Nutshell as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The Hitchhiker's Video Guide to AWS ECS and Docker as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted From Plain Machines to Container Orchestration: A Complete Explanation as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Is Docker in Trouble? as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Build and Deploy a Node API and React Web App on AWS as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted How to Setup Unified AWS ECS Logs in CloudWatch and SSM as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: Storage and CDNs as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: Docker and Containers as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS: A Concepts Series as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted EC2 Fundamentals – A Project Based Learning Course on YouTube as a story · 3 points

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  18. Submitted Terraform vs. CloudFormation on AWS as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Using CloudFoundation to Build, Manage, and Deploy CloudFormation Templates as a story · 3 points

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  20. Submitted The Hitchhiker's Guide to AWS ECS and Docker as a story · 3 points

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  21. Submitted AWS VPC Core Concepts in an Analogy and Guide as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted React and Redux Sagas Authentication App Tutorial Part 3 as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Building an Angular and Express 4.x App Part 2 as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted How I Fight Procrastination (As a Developer/Designer) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Two Important AWS Security Rules to Remember as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted My Process for Learning New Technology Skills as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted A Practical Approach to CI/CD for Developers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted Is Docker in Trouble? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted Finding Mastery in the Technology Field as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted Using SSM Parameters with CloudFormation Templates and Terraform Projects as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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