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James Thomas writes notes on software., a personal blog at jamesthom.as about programming and systems. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 29 times, most often “Show HN: AI-Powered Virtual Speed Camera”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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4HN people?
2012–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2015

James Thomas' blog about software. Posts about serverless, cloud platforms, openwhisk, node.js and more... Founder of JT Consulting Services.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Show HN: AI-Powered Virtual Speed Camera
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-05-31
  2. Machine Learning in Node.js with TensorFlow.js
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-08-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE (Working remote since 2010) Senior software architect & engineer for serverless full-stack applications (AWS Lambda + AWS Services). More than 13 years professional experience at Big Tech Co. Moved to self-employed software consultancy in 2020. Currently building full-stack scalable cloud applications using serverless for clients. Previously held roles as Senior Software Engineer, Lead Dev…

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    on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2021)”
  2. Submitted Show HN: Making Phone Calls from Slack as a story · 22 points

    HN discussion
  3. SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE (Working remote since 2010) Senior software architect & engineer for serverless full-stack applications (AWS Lambda + AWS Services). More than 13 years professional experience at Big Tech Co. Moved to self-employed software consultancy in 2020. Currently building full-stack scalable cloud applications using serverless for clients. Previously held roles as Senior Software Engineer, Lead Dev…

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2021)”
  4. Submitted Going Serverless with OpenWhisk as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE (Working remote since 2010) Senior software architect & engineer for serverless full-stack applications (AWS Lambda + AWS Services). More than 13 years professional experience at Big Tech Co. Moved to self-employed software consultancy in 2020. Currently building full-stack scalable cloud applications using serverless for clients. Previously held roles as Senior Software Engineer, Lead Dev…

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    on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2021)”
  6. Submitted Making Logs Awesome – Elasticsearch in the Cloud Using Docker as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted IBM Watson Nodes for Node-RED as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted DIY AI-Powered Speed Camera as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Show HN: AI-Powered Virtual Speed Camera as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Machine Learning in Node.js with TensorFlow.js as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Serverless Logs with Elasticsearch as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Serverless IoT, Using MQTT and OpenWhisk as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Machine Learning in Node.js with TensorFlow.js as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Show HN: Starting Apache OpenWhisk (Open-Source Serverless Platform) in 60s as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Building Serverless APIs with OpenWhisk as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Using NPM Modules in Node-RED (IoT Programming Tool) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Adding Node.js v4 Support to Cloud Foundry as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Continuous Delivery for Phonebot as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Finding Nano - Getting Dojo Under 4KB as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Lessons Learnt in Developer Relations as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Lessons Learnt in Developer Relations as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Show HN: Saving Time and Money with Node.js Worker Threads in Serverless Funcs as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Show HN: Serverless Functions with Rust as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Serverless Go Functions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Cognitive Bots with IBM Watson as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Routing App Traffic Based on User Location with Docker and Nginx as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted How do you run one-off admin tasks on PaaS? Tips for Cloud Foundry applications as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted “Realtime Web Apps” with CouchDB and Socket.IO as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted Creating Cloud Foundry BuildPacks Using Docker as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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