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Joel on SQL

Personal blog · joelonsql.comdataprogramming

Joel on SQL is a personal blog at joelonsql.com about data and programming. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Postgres extension pg_badplan: surface incorrect statistics in Postgres”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.

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22mentions?
5HN people?
2012–2018first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked as a blog dedicated to PostgreSQL, in an HN thread about RustgreSQL. The one comment only points to the site and does not judge the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Postgres extension pg_badplan: surface incorrect statistics in Postgres
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-03-19
  2. Deploying Postgres stored procedures
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-06-20

What Hacker News says?

  1. Exciting! Back in 2013, I wrote this blog post [1], it's getting closer, but I should probably change the title to "Will PostgreSQL 9.6 Bring Back Moore’s Law?" [1] http://joelonsql.com/2013/04/20/will-postgresql-9-5-bring-ba...

    Comment linking /2013/04/20/will-postgresql-9-5-bring-back-moores-law/

    on “Pgsql: Create an infrastructure for parallel computation in PostgreSQL”
  2. Submitted Securing PostgreSQL with SSL-certs and CA as a story · 48 points

    HN discussion
  3. He also has a blog dedicated to Postgres: https://joelonsql.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “RustgreSQL”
  4. Submitted Call PostgreSQL functions via HTTP JSON-RPC as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Will PostgreSQL 9.5 Bring Back Moore’s Law? as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted PostgreSQL pg_catalog visualized using GraphViz as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted PostgreSQL ::xml datatype madness as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Psql \watch 1400000000 epoch time countdown counter as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Finding Missing FOREIGN KEYs in PostgreSQL as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted PL/pgSQL #1 annoyance as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Secure deployment of PostgreSQL functions as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Postgres extension pg_badplan: surface incorrect statistics in Postgres as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted PostgreSQL: Using pg_badplan to CREATE STATISTICS is a good plan as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Fun with PostgreSQL object dependencies as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Garbage Collection of Unused PostgreSQL Tables and Columns as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted SET search_path for all SECURITY DEFINER PostgreSQL functions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted PgParty Stockholm as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Announcing the pci-blackbox: PCI-DSS compliant system with 3-D Secure support as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Deploying Postgres stored procedures as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted PostgreSQL 9.3: plpgsql_check_function as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted PostgreSQL 9.3: Foreign Key Locks as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Deploying PostgreSQL Stored Procedures as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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