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kyrofa's blog
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kyrofa's blog is a personal blog at kyrofa.com about programming and systems. Since 2016, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Ubuntu snaps: How to utilize automatic rollbacks”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post, "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS' snap obsession has snapped me off of it," is about leaving Ubuntu over its reliance on snap packages. The one comment discusses Canonical's internal debate about snaps.
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.
kyrofa's blog
Most-linked posts?
- Ubuntu snaps: How to utilize automatic rollbacks2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-12-12
What Hacker News says?
It's probably not a surprise to you, but this is a hotly debated topic inside Canonical. And I apologize for that thread, as it really doesn't represent our best attempt at external debate. Changing a paradigm usually involves pushing the envelope and breaking some existing assumptions; systemd is everybody's favorite example of that in the Linux world. The root of this issue with snaps is the trade-off between buil…
Comment linking /posts/snap-updates-automatic-rollbacks
on “Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it”Submitted From ROS prototype to production on Ubuntu Core as a story · 63 points
HN discussionYes, I got rid of my smartphone a few years ago. Personally, my challenge wasn't so much social media, but that I simply couldn't handle being so connected. Ultimately, I have a self-discipline problem, and I know it. I shattered my own concentration, attention span, and memory, and I _still_ feel like I'm slowly putting myself back together. There are certainly downsides, I wrote about it a bit[1], but for me, the…
Comment linking /posts/my-phone-isn-t-as-smart-as-yours/
on “Ask HN: Does anyone here not own a phone?”Submitted ROS on arm64 with Ubuntu Core as a story · 24 points
HN discussionhttps://kyrofa.com/ Several dozen posts, mostly stuff about Ubuntu, robotics, or other open source things.
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted My phone isn't as smart as yours as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Use RubyGems Trusted Publishing with Semantic Release as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Four Years of Nextcloud as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted ROS Production on Ubuntu Core Part 5: Create an Ubuntu Core Image as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ubuntu snaps: How to utilize automatic rollbacks as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building your Ubuntu Snap on-device? There's a better way as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Demystifying Rails Autoloading as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted ROS production on Ubuntu Core part 4: Obtaining confined access to the Turtlebot as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted ROS production on Ubuntu Core part 3: Our prototype as a snap as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted New and improved way to review GitHub pull requests for snaps as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nextcloud snap to be updated to v12 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Snap install-time setup: the install hook as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making a robotics video series using open-source software and children's toys as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ROS production on Ubuntu Core part 2: our prototype as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Distributing a ROS system among multiple snaps as a story · 1 points
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