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Linus’s Blog
Personal blog · funloop.org/postprogrammingmath
Linus’s Blog is a personal blog at funloop.org about programming and math. Since 2016, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm (2021)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-09-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
No comment discusses this blog's writing. The one comment, in a thread on learning filesystems, covers the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and alternatives such as GoboLinux and NixOS.
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?
- Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm (2021)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-03-15
- Why I Use NixOS (2015)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-08-18
What Hacker News says?
Lots of great links here. It is important to note however that the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is not the one true way you should not deviate from. The FSH is full of design decisions that make sense in the historical context but are less than ideal today. There are alternatives. If you are interested in alternatives, you can have a look at GoboLinux: https://gobolinux.org/?page=at_a_glance Or have a look at NixOS…
Comment linking /post/2015-08-01-why-i-use-nixos.html
on “Ask HN: Recommended guides for learning filesystems?”Submitted Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm (2021) as a story · 107 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Use NixOS (2015) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bresenham's Circle Drawing Algorithm as a story · 1 points
HN discussion