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Jay Machalani

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Jay Machalani's personal blog at jaymachalani.com covers design, programming and culture. Since 2011, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Fixing Windows 8 (2013)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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16mentions?
7HN people?
2011–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Jay Machalani's writing on fixing Windows 8's mix of Metro and desktop interfaces, and point readers to the blog for more insights.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

UX/UI Architect, Content Creator, Canadian Armed Forces Medic, Father

Most-linked posts?

  1. Fixing Windows 8 (2013)
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-12-12
  2. Pushing iOS
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-05-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. daigoba66 · 2014-04-02
    It's interesting how similar it is to some of the concepts from this often linked write-up: http://jaymachalani.com/blog/2013/12/12/fixing-windows-8

    Comment linking /blog/2013/12/12/fixing-windows-8

    on “Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1”
  2. JoshGlazebrook · 2014-02-01

    Submitted Fixing Windows 8 (2013) as a story · 145 points

    HN discussion
  3. andrewfong · 2014-02-01Recommends
    Jay Machalani's concept for fixing the Metro+desktop are the way to go IMHO. http://jaymachalani.com/blog/2013/12/12/fixing-windows-8 Basically the concept is to include both the Metro + desktop UIs and let the user explicitly choose. When you're in tablet mode, all desktop apps run full-screen (or using the Metro-style split screen) and when you're in desktop mode, Metro apps run windowed like Desktop apps.

    Comment linking /blog/2013/12/12/fixing-windows-8

    on “Microsoft backs off on Metro”
  4. TechnoFou · 2014-05-30

    Submitted Pushing iOS as a story · 138 points

    HN discussion
  5. digitalengineer · 2014-06-02Recommends
    He's got a blog with more insights: http://jaymachalani.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “Introducing the iOS Block | Pushing iOS ”
  6. TechnoFou · 2013-11-10

    Submitted Wikipedia "Spoiler" Button as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  7. TechnoFou · 2013-12-12

    Submitted Fixing Windows 8 as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  8. TechnoFou · 2013-11-16

    Submitted The Mac Pro Extender as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. TechnoFou · 2014-01-08

    Submitted Refining Valve's Steam as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. TechnoFou · 2013-11-14

    Submitted About the Xbox One's "low" RAM as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. MikusR · 2020-06-23

    Submitted Pushing iOS (2014) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. TechnoFou · 2014-03-19

    Submitted Building Space Kitten as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. TechnoFou · 2014-02-14

    Submitted The Competition (1/2 of iOS project) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. moblivu · 2011-04-05

    Submitted That ONE problem about computers as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. moblivu · 2011-04-01

    Submitted The importance of the "Feel" as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. moblivu · 2011-03-29

    Submitted How "awesome" became a mess as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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