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Latish Sehgal

Personal blog · dotnetsurfers.com/blogprogrammingcareer

Latish Sehgal's personal blog at dotnetsurfers.com covers programming and career. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Using Vim as a JavaScript IDE”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-27, and you can follow it by feed.

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11mentions?
3HN people?
2011–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2016

Latish Sehgal — software developer, blogger, builder of small useful things.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Using Vim as a JavaScript IDE
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-02-09

What Hacker News says?

  1. latishsehgal · 2017-04-19
    * You get to be your own boss, but that’s not always a good thing. Because being your own boss does not mean that you are a good boss. * Execution>Idea. Don't work on multiple projects till at least one is shipped. * Pairing up with other like minded folks is better than going solo, but only if you can get along really well. * The highs are higher, and the lows are lower. * Develop good habits * Make your first proj…

    Comment linking /blog/2016/03/29/lessons-learned-and-random-thoughts-on-bootstrapping/

    on “Ask HN: Best business advice for software developers”
  2. latishsehgal · 2016-03-30

    Submitted Thoughts and Lessons Learned from Bootstrapping a Side Project as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. latishsehgal · 2016-03-05
    My top 4 recommendations (full list and notes at http://www.dotnetsurfers.com/books/ ) The Power of Habit, Search Inside Yourself, The Willpower Instinct, Zero to One

    Comment linking /books/

    on “Ask HN: Book Recommendations?”
  4. ausjke · 2016-02-26

    Submitted Using Vim as a JavaScript IDE as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. latishsehgal · 2015-07-22

    Submitted Show HN: SqlSmash V2: Faster and Better as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. latishsehgal · 2014-07-18

    Submitted Octopress Tips and Tricks as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. latish · 2011-11-14

    Submitted Continuously Improving As a Developer/ as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. latishsehgal · 2016-02-09

    Submitted Using Vim as a JavaScript IDE as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. latishsehgal · 2015-05-22

    Submitted Lessons Learned on Teaching a .Net Programming Course at a University as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. latishsehgal · 2014-12-15

    Submitted On Habits, Shipping and Choosing Your 20 Mile March as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. latishsehgal · 2014-03-17

    Submitted I Was a Mac Guy, and Then I Bought a Surface Pro as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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