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Jens Alfke

Personal blog · jens.mooseyard.comprogrammingwriting

Jens Alfke writes Thought Palace, a personal blog at jens.mooseyard.com about programming and writing. Since 2009, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “They made me an offer I couldn't refuse (1997)”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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2009–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2025

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Most-linked posts?

  1. They made me an offer I couldn't refuse (1997)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-12-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. blumentopf · 2011-06-06
    Also: Antler Notes vs. Stickies (System 7.5): http://jens.mooseyard.com/1997/04/they-made-me-an-offer-i-co...

    Comment linking /1997/04/they-made-me-an-offer-i-couldnt-refuse/

    on “Mac OS X Lion: Coming In July For $29”
  2. mccutchen · 2011-03-15

    Submitted Dudes, this is so not REST as a story · 310 points

    HN discussion
  3. rajbot · 2012-02-17
    And iChat's use of the speech bubbles for IM dates back to 1997: http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/the-origin-of-the-ichat-ui... A very novel UI at the time.. here is a cached version of the broken pic: http://6.media.tumblr.com/MitMvSO0c6w81bbgrsKunjNE_500.png

    Comment linking /2008/03/the-origin-of-the-ichat-ui/

    on “They may just be chat bubbles, but they’re our chat bubbles ”
  4. blasdel · 2009-10-14

    Submitted The Lost Lesson Of Instant Typing as a story · 56 points

    HN discussion
  5. ianloic · 2011-03-17
    Jens Alfke suggested PEST - Post Everything STyle: http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/03/dudes-this-is-so-not-rest/...

    Comment linking /2011/03/dudes-this-is-so-not-rest/comment-page-2/

    on “Rdio: No REST for the wicked”
  6. dchest · 2010-05-02

    Submitted Py2rb: A Python-to-Ruby Porting Assistant as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. andsoitis · 2025-12-24

    Submitted The Gnostic Argument for Agnosticism as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. blasdel · 2009-11-07

    Submitted Dogfooding Google Chrome as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. bensummers · 2010-02-09

    Submitted Re: Idea for alternative RSS syncing system as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. andsoitis · 2025-12-23

    Submitted Piling Up Sheets / the face in the soup bowl as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. andsoitis · 2025-12-23

    Submitted Fears as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. classichasclass · 2025-12-23

    Submitted They made me an offer I couldn't refuse (1997) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. oidar · 2016-04-24

    Submitted They made me an offer I couldn't refuse as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. birdculture · 2025-12-25

    Submitted They made me an offer I couldn't refuse (1997) as a story · 1 points

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  15. todsacerdoti · 2021-09-16

    Submitted Easy Type-Safe Integer Types in C++ as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. tobr · 2019-07-27

    Submitted They Made Me an Offer I Couldn’t Refuse (1997) as a story · 1 points

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