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Janne Jalkanen
Personal blog · ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/wikiprogrammingculture
Janne Jalkanen writes The Butt Ugly Weblog, a personal blog at ecyrd.com about programming and culture. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread on Digia buying Qt licensing from Nokia. The commenter's linked post is about Nokia's future and whether Qt will keep MeeGo developer adoption alive. Comments give no judgment of the writing.
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Janne Jalkanen — engineer, writer and many other things, from Finland. The Butt Ugly Weblog, the Sivusta blog, and the book Sivusta — Elämää ja Eritteitä.
What Hacker News says?
Reminds me of this post: http://www.ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/wiki/Main_blogentry_130211_1 I think the way to figure out which way Nokia is going to go can be seen on how they treat Qt. If they choose to keep it, Meego is going to be the future. If they choose to let it wither and die (or sell it off), Meego will become just a curiosity. Qt is the key for Meego developer adoption, and the only way it could become a feasibl…
Comment linking /ButtUgly/wiki/Main_blogentry_130211_1
on “Digia bought Qt licensing business from Nokia”Submitted Cassandra Parameters for Dummies as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Switched from Android to Symbian as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Watch what happens to Qt to know whether Nokia still bets on a MeeGo future as a story · 1 points
HN discussion