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jntrnr.com is a personal blog at jntrnr.com about programming and systems. Since 2021, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Why I Left Rust”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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15mentions?
11HN people?
2021–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2023

Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for JT's posts on leaving Rust and the Rust community controversy, and for a case for Nushell. One commenter calls the Rust post the best place to start for the story so far.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Why I Left Rust
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2023-05-28
  2. The Case for Nushell
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-08-29
  3. Making a Keyboard Layout
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-23
  4. Scripting languages of the future
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-10-31

What Hacker News says?

  1. Sounds like nushell: https://www.jntrnr.com/case-for-nushell/

    Comment linking /case-for-nushell/

    on “Was Rust Worth It?”
  2. Submitted Scripting languages of the future as a story · 95 points

    HN discussion
  3. you did https://www.jntrnr.com/why-i-left-rust/

    Comment linking /why-i-left-rust/

    on “Rust has been forked to the Crab Language”
  4. Submitted Why I Left Rust as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  5. I was not aware that there are any recent issues with the Rust community Maybe this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36101501 -> "Why I Left Rust" -> https://www.jntrnr.com/why-i-left-rust/ And this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36105637 And this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36106942

    Comment linking /why-i-left-rust/

    on “Ask HN: Is Rust worth investing in as a reliable C-alt given its recent saga?”
  6. Submitted Let's talk about exit codes as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. The “woke” angle was raised later on. JT brought up it up: “It was JeanHeyd who called Rust out for having no Black representation among Rust conference speakers. Rightly so, as both the Rust organization and the conferences had little to no Black representation. When I saw an organization that not only could act so coldly to an expert in the field, but also to one who was a vocal critic of Rust's lack of diversity,…

    Comment linking /why-i-left-rust/

    on “Shepherd's Oasis Statement on Rustconf and Introspection”
  8. Submitted Scripting Languages of the Future as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. rob74 · 2023-05-31Recommends
    If someone (like me) is looking for a summary of the "story so far", this post from JT is probably the best one to start with: https://www.jntrnr.com/why-i-left-rust/

    Comment linking /why-i-left-rust/

    on “Shepherd's Oasis Statement on Rustconf and Introspection”
  10. Submitted YouTube Addiction as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted The Case for Nushell as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted The Case for Nushell as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted The Case for Nushell as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Making a Keyboard Layout as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Making a Keyboard Layout as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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