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Jeff Boulter
Personal blog · boulter.com/blogcareerprogramming
Jeff Boulter's personal blog at boulter.com covers career and programming. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often ““Performant” is not a word”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jeff Boulter's 2004 post arguing that "performant" is not a word, usually as a joke about jargon. The other linked comment concerns a mattress business, not the post.
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?
- “Performant” is not a word2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-23
What Hacker News says?
Remember folks : "performant" is not a word. http://boulter.com/blog/2004/08/19/performant-is-not-a-word/
Comment linking /blog/2004/08/19/performant-is-not-a-word/
on “Writing Performant Scala ”Submitted “Performant” is not a word as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThere seems to be a decent amount of terrible-business-practice-bullet-dodging these days, thanks in part to the slapdash nature of how many of these companies operate. I needed a new mattress a few years ago, and reluctantly dived into a market that is widely known to be a massive scam.[1] At the end of my second 100-day-trial, I prepared to return my unit and get my $700 back (much better than the $2000 I'd put on…
Comment linking /blog/2008/08/20/the-mattress-industry-is-one-big-scam/
on “Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by Mozilla”Submitted 4 Essential Tips for Hiring the Best Engineers as a story · 2 points
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