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Jack Franklin

Personal blog · jackfranklin.co.uk/blogprogrammingwebai

Jack Franklin's personal blog at jackfranklin.co.uk covers programming, web and ai. Since 2011, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Comparing Svelte and React”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-28, and you can follow it by feed.

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17mentions?
11HN people?
2011–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2021

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

Why HN links it

The only comment is a bare link to a post whose URL slug suggests software and JavaScript development. The comment gives no judgment of the 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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Comparing Svelte and React
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-03-10
  2. Software Development on Windows 10 with WSL2
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-01-30
  3. We check our node_modules folder into source control
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. abstractspoon · 2021-02-01
    https://www.jackfranklin.co.uk/blog/software-javascript-deve...

    Comment linking /blog/software-javascript-development-windows-10-wsl/

    on “Ask HN: Tips for Linux User on Windows?”
  2. tomduncalf · 2022-05-03

    Submitted Why I don't miss React: a story about using the platform as a story · 334 points

    HN discussion
  3. feross · 2021-03-24

    Submitted Comparing Svelte and React as a story · 293 points

    HN discussion
  4. davidbarker · 2021-12-11

    Submitted We check our node_modules folder into source control as a story · 147 points

    HN discussion
  5. jackfranklin · 2020-01-15

    Submitted Letting tools make choices as a story · 47 points

    HN discussion
  6. todsacerdoti · 2025-04-07

    Submitted Writing good comments: the why, not the how (2020) as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. dceddia · 2021-03-20

    Submitted Comparing Svelte and React as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. jackfranklin · 2021-03-10

    Submitted Comparing React and Svelte as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. AshleysBrain · 2021-12-07

    Submitted Check-In Your Node Dependencies as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. jackfranklin · 2021-01-30

    Submitted Software Development on Windows 10 with WSL2 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. jackfranklin · 2020-01-28

    Submitted Learning from Mistakes: The Three Developers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. jackfranklin · 2026-06-29

    Submitted AI loops: who pays for the tokens? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. mooreds · 2026-06-10

    Submitted AI-review: reviewing AI code before it lands as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. jackfranklin · 2026-04-24

    Submitted Playtesting and Tracking Feedback with Claude as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. jackfranklin · 2025-05-06

    Submitted Augmented engineering: learnings of an AI skeptic as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. wtildesley · 2012-03-21

    Submitted My take on Responsive Images as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. 46Bit · 2011-09-14

    Submitted Live screencast diving into jQuery as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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