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John Barton

Personal blog · johnbarton.cocareerprogramming

John Barton's personal blog at johnbarton.co covers career and programming. Since 2018, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Developers on Call”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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3mentions?
3HN people?
2018–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2018

Hi, I'm John Barton. Right now I run engineering for Amber Electric where I herd people and ship the odd bit of Typescript. My true passion is boring friends and co-workers with slideshow presentations of Nautical History Facts.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Developers on Call
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-12-03

What Hacker News says?

  1. kiyanwang · 2018-12-03

    Submitted Developers on Call as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  2. plurby · 2025-07-30

    Submitted Code Review Review Is the Manager's Job as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. fanf2 · 2018-12-03

    Submitted Developers on call as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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