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Lee Robinson

Personal blog · leerob.substack.comwebprogramming

Lee Robinson writes Optimism (for the web), a personal blog at leerob.substack.com about web and programming. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “2023 State of Databases for Serverless and Edge”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-08-11, and you can follow it by feed.

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6mentions?
5HN people?
2022–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2023

I write about things in tech and web development that make me optimistic for the future.

Most-linked posts?

  1. 2023 State of Databases for Serverless and Edge
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-29
  2. Why I'm Optimistic About JavaScript's Future
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-12-21

What Hacker News says?

  1. blackhaj7 · 2025-08-11

    Submitted Reflections on the React Community as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  2. SlickStef11 · 2023-01-30

    Submitted 2023 State of Databases for Serverless and Edge as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. leerob · 2023-01-29

    Submitted 2023 State of Databases for Serverless and Edge as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  4. leerob · 2023-01-05

    Submitted Why You Should Use a React Framework as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. EntICOnc · 2022-12-22

    Submitted Why I'm Optimistic About JavaScript's Future as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. twapi · 2022-12-21

    Submitted Why I'm Optimistic About JavaScript's Future as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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