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Jordan Webb
Personal blog · jordemort.dev/blog · on HN as jordemorthardwareprogramming
Jordan Webb's personal blog at jordemort.dev covers hardware and programming. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023)”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Jordan Webb's post on why Android can't use CDC ethernet tethering, which turns on an interface-name regex, in threads about LineageOS and Windows 10 USB networking. The comments cite it without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
My portfolio & some occasional blogging
Most-linked posts?
- Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023)3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-05-31
What Hacker News says?
Not seeing anything about them fixing the ethernet iface regex*, I'm guessing CDC tethering will still be broken. * < https://jordemort.dev/blog/why-android-cant-use-cdc-ethernet... >
Comment linking /blog/why-android-cant-use-cdc-ethernet/
on “LineageOS 21 Released”Submitted Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023) as a story · 348 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Remote | Systems Engineer Hi, I’m Jordan. I’m a systems engineer, which means that in addition to writing my own code, I solve problems that involve making lots of other peoples’ code all work together. I can help you build your backend, set up your CI, package and publish your software, or even build a custom Linux distribution for you. Company site & contact form: https://caketop.app/ Personal site…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2022)”Submitted Amazon's Dash Carts are unusably bad as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThis very week I had major issues with both: on my roommate's W11 laptop all her pictures were deleted after I removed them from her OneDrive because she had gotten a warning that her OD was nearly full (so stupid, why try to sync files from a 1TB SSD to a 5GB OD? It's batshit). The next day I installed OpenSUSE on my PC and couldn't connect to the internet. Eventually I found out that the problem is that the rndis…
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on “Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could send 240M PCs to landfills”Submitted Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionLocation: Chicago, IL, US Remote: Yes (remote only) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Docker, Python, C, Go, Embedded Linux Résumé/CV: https://jordemort.dev/portfolio/ Email: jordan@caketop.app Here are some of things I have done for my previous employers, that I could be doing for you: - Put all your services in containers, and make it easy to spin up development environments that resemble your production envir…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)”Submitted Stuff I Use in the Terminal as a story · 1 points
HN discussionLocation: Chicago, IL, US Remote: Yes (remote only) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Docker, Python, C, Go, Embedded Linux Résumé/CV: https://jordemort.dev/portfolio/ Email: jordan@caketop.app Here are some of things I have done for my previous employers, that I could be doing for you: - Put all your services in containers, and make it easy to spin up development environments that resemble your production envir…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2023)”SEEKING WORK | Remote only (UTC-6) | Worldwide (US citizen) - Linux consultant looking for part-time, short-term, or hourly engagements. - Specializing in containers, virtual machines, embedded, and IoT - Expert in packaging and distribution issues - Formerly a tech lead for GitHub Enterprise Server - LWN guest author, multiple appearances on HN front page: https://lwn.net/Archives/GuestIndex/#Webb_Jordan - $200 for…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2022)”https://jordemort.dev/blog/ I blog mostly about assorted tech topics; usually my posts are about something I was working with and found interesting.
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”I do this both on my RSS feed: https://jordemort.dev/rss.xml ...as well as on my Atom feed: https://jordemort.dev/atom.xml ...using the same XSLT stylesheet for both: https://github.com/jordemort/jordemort.github.io/blob/main/p...
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on “Style Your RSS Feed”