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Personal blog · linus.coffeewritingphilosophyai

linus.coffee is a personal blog at linus.coffee about writing, philosophy and ai. Since 2020, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Scales of Cities, Scales of Software”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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19mentions?
7HN people?
2020–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2021

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

Why HN links it

Linked only as a candidate result in a thread searching for a short story. The linked posts are short fiction, including a story on this site and two on qntm.org.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Scales of Cities, Scales of Software
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-08-29
  2. Thoughts on the software industry (2022)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-08-03
  3. We Create
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-02
  4. The Forever Library
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-12
  5. Possible by Default
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-08-10

What Hacker News says?

  1. freediver · 2024-02-17
    Bad news: I could not find it. Good news: a few interesting ones surfaced https://qntm.org/transit https://qntm.org/responsibilit https://linus.coffee/story/forever-library/

    Comment linking /story/forever-library/

    on “Ask HN: Short story that was posted to HN”
  2. thesephist · 2024-11-30

    Submitted Thoughts on the software industry (2022) as a story · 95 points

    HN discussion
  3. thesephist · 2020-10-28

    Submitted When is no-code useful? as a story · 88 points

    HN discussion
  4. feross · 2022-01-12

    Submitted The Forever Library as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. feross · 2021-09-06

    Submitted Scales of Cities, Scales of Software as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. thesephist · 2020-11-25

    Submitted How to get lots of ideas for side projects and writing as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. zeynepevecen · 2025-08-12

    Submitted We Create as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. thesephist · 2022-02-16

    Submitted The Last Transmission as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. feross · 2021-12-02

    Submitted We Create as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. feross · 2021-09-06

    Submitted Invention and Innovation as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. BerislavLopac · 2021-08-31

    Submitted Scales of Cities, Scales of Software as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. thesephist · 2021-08-29

    Submitted Scales of Cities, Scales of Software as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. ingve · 2021-08-10

    Submitted Possible by Default as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. feross · 2023-01-22

    Submitted Otherworlds as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. feross · 2022-08-03

    Submitted Thoughts on the Software Industry as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. feross · 2021-12-05

    Submitted Mozzie as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. thesephist · 2021-10-26

    Submitted Scales of Cities, Scales of Software as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. JoshTriplett · 2021-08-19

    Submitted Possible by Default as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. thesephist · 2020-12-25

    Submitted Jobs to Find the Unknown Unknowns as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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