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John Sheehan

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John Sheehan's personal blog at john-sheehan.com covers programming and web. Since 2009, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “60+ Tools and Services for API and Webhook Logging, Debugging, Etc.”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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31mentions?
8HN people?
2009–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2013

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for writing on webhooks and API tooling. One commenter points to the author's survey of localhost proxies for receiving webhooks during testing.

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.

Co-founder and CEO of Runscope - Everything is going to be 200 OK™

Most-linked posts?

  1. /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape
    2 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2013-09-10
  2. 60+ Tools and Services for API and Webhook Logging, Debugging, Etc.
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-08-28
  3. Don’t build the best REST API, build the best HTTP API.
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-01-06
  4. The Good and the Bad of OAuth 2.0 Authorization Implementations
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-01-28
  5. Managed Assembly - Hacker News / Twitter / Stack Overflow hybrid
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-03-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxy...

    Comment linking /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape

    on “Dropbox Webhooks”
  2. Submitted How we raised a $1.1M seed round without customers, revenue or even a product. as a story · 76 points

    HN discussion
  3. You can send a webhook to localhost, just in a roundabout way using one of the local tunneling solutions: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxy... Great points though.

    Comment linking /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape

    on “REST Hooks - Stop the polling madness”
  4. Submitted The Good and the Bad of OAuth 2.0 Authorization Implementations as a story · 71 points

    HN discussion
  5. Some other options here: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxy... I personally think you should be using one that gives you permanent URLs (ngrok or Passageway) but that also keeps a log when you're client is disconnected. I'm pretty sure only our Passageway does that.

    Comment linking /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape

    on “REST Hooks - Stop the polling madness”
  6. Submitted A Survey of the Localhost Proxying Landscape as a story · 31 points

    HN discussion
  7. If you want a paid version, you have a lot of options: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxy...

    Comment linking /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape

    on “Combatting illegal abuses of ngrok”
  8. Submitted Managed Assembly - Hacker News / Twitter / Stack Overflow hybrid as a story · 22 points

    HN discussion
  9. http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxy... I guess I need to update this now.

    Comment linking /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape

    on “Finch – local port forwarding”
  10. Submitted The Killer Twitter App Hasn’t Been Built Yet as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  11. It's a crowded space :) http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxy...

    Comment linking /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape

    on “Finch – local port forwarding”
  12. Submitted Being Good as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  13. If you're wondering what some of the discrepancies are, I wrote up a bunch here: http://john-sheehan.com/post/41653656681/the-good-and-the-ba...

    Comment linking /post/41653656681/the-good-and-the-bad-of-oauth-2-0-authorization

    on “OAuth for Python made easy”
  14. Submitted Everything is a remix; making the best use of conventions to build Runscope as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  15. paddyforan · 2013-09-25Recommends
    John Sheehan, of Runscope.com (which, by the way, is a super rad tool for API developers) did a great roundup on receiving webhooks for testing: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxy...

    Comment linking /blog/a-survey-of-the-localhost-proxying-landscape

    on “Webhooks Are Magic”
  16. Submitted The API Developer Experience Baseline as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  17. If I can throw my own in: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/dont-build-the-best-rest-api-bu...

    Comment linking /blog/dont-build-the-best-rest-api-build-the-best-http-api

    on “Why We Chose API First Development at Our Startup”
  18. Submitted 60+ Tools and Services for API and Webhook Logging, Debugging, Etc. as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  19. I built a clone for .NET programmers and launched it right before MIX http://managedassembly.com Explanation for why it was needed: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/introducing-managedassemblycom/

    Comment linking /blog/introducing-managedassemblycom/

    on “Ask HN: What are your HNs for other domains?”
  20. Submitted I'd rather live in a one-button world as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  21. This needs a little updating, but I've maintained this page forever: http://john-sheehan.com/blog/net-cheat-sheets

    Comment linking /blog/net-cheat-sheets

    on “30 Favorite Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts”
  22. Submitted Could Light Table get in trouble with Microsoft? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. I'd love one if you have any left. johnsheehan gmail @johnsheehan http://restsharp.com http://john-sheehan.com I work for Twilio

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Anyone want Forrst.com invites?”
  24. Submitted Tools for API and Webhook Logging, Debugging, Monitoring and Documentation as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. http://john-sheehan.com/post/18688963163/dont-build-the-best...

    Comment linking /post/18688963163/dont-build-the-best-rest-api-build-the-best-http-api

    on “Ask HN: how to build a good RESTful JSON API (best practices, etc.)?”
  26. Submitted Don’t build the best REST API, build the best HTTP API. as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. I wrote this about a year ago for an intro to how I think you should design APIs based on my time at Twilio: http://john-sheehan.com/post/18688963163/dont-build-the-best... Hopefully it helps.

    Comment linking /post/18688963163/dont-build-the-best-rest-api-build-the-best-http-api

    on “Ask HN: How to create my first API?”
  28. Submitted Google Recruiting - A False Bill Of Goods as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. https://www.runscope.com ;) http://hurl.it http://requestb.in Others http://john-sheehan.com/blog/ultimate-api-webhook-backend-se...

    Comment linking /blog/ultimate-api-webhook-backend-service-debugging-testing-monitoring-and-discovery-tools-list

    on “Ask HN: API Playgrounds?”
  30. Submitted Letting the Founder Go: How I Got Here « John Sheehan : Blog as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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