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</dev> diaries
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</dev> diaries is a personal blog at blog.ailon.org about startups and programming. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 57 times, most often “HDD: Hobby-Driven Development”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- HDD: Hobby-Driven Development2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-07-01
What Hacker News says?
Submitted Give us your service as-is as a story · 70 points
HN discussionSubmitted Public speaking for introverts as a story · 67 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Secret to Beautiful Presentations as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Postmortem of one of the most beloved Windows 10 apps as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted 8 Reasons to Bootstrap Your Startup as Long as You Can as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Testing TikTok’s multi-billion dollar algorithm as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Piano Chart – an open source JavaScript library to visualize notes on a piano as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The best public speaking advice I ever got as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Prepare for a Conference Talk – A Subjective Guide as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted PWA on Windows. Part 1: Publishing Your App as Is as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Conferences for Introverts: Before you go as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A curious case for native vs. web as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Microsoft should be way more careful with messaging as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I broke my rule and built on Spotify's API. Then they pulled the plug on indies as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted HDD: Hobby-Driven Development as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted HDD: Hobby-Driven Development as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why “non-true” wireless earbuds are better than true wireless as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Modern Web Algorithms in Comic Sans as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Markdown View – Markdown Viewer for the Web, Windows 10, Android and Everything as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Microsoft Build vs. Google I/O: Comparing the two major developer conferences as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Create an Adobe CC-Like System with Microsoft (Windows) Store as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is EU's “Roam Like at Home” DOA? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted EU Single Market vs. 6 EU Amazons as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why would I want to be a Microsoft MVP and how do I become one? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Android TV DOA? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Could it be that Google/Bing are better app store front-ends than app stores? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 7 Ways to Bootstrap Your Startup as Long as You Can as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How open is macOS, really? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted LLMs as the ultimate Gell-Mann Amnesia machines as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AdDuplex Post-Mortem. Part 1: Genesis as a story · 1 points
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