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madebyknight.com is a personal blog at madebyknight.com about programming and career. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Should Colleges Require Coding Tests for Admission?”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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9mentions?
4HN people?
2012–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2012

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

Why HN links it

A JavaScript quiz set and an article on JavaScript scope and global variables. One commenter said a quiz question was not quite right, and did not judge the article itself.

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. Should Colleges Require Coding Tests for Admission?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-04-12
  2. Show HN: A Javascript quiz that explores how javascript scopes its variables
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-22

What Hacker News says?

  1. raju · 2013-01-19
    Interesting. I just started this, and came back here to post this. The third question - "Global Variables Intro" in the "beginner" (one by http://madebyknight.com/javascript-scope/ ) is not quite right. function() { a = 3; alert(a); } is not the same as var a; function() { a = 3; alert(a); } Whenever you don't declare a variable with a var , it does not become a global variable, rather, it becomes a property of the…

    Comment linking /javascript-scope/

    on “JavaScript Quiz Set”
  2. Serplat · 2012-08-22

    Submitted Show HN: A Javascript quiz that explores how javascript scopes its variables as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  3. Serplat · 2015-02-02

    Submitted Don't Scan My Knuckles – Failed Anti-Cheating Policies and Software as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  4. Sekrimo · 2012-07-18

    Submitted Should Colleges Require Coding Tests for Admission? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Serplat · 2012-04-11

    Submitted Documentation as a Bug-Finding Tool as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Sekrimo · 2012-07-25

    Submitted Why Can't Microsoft Count to 0? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. kuzkuz · 2012-12-28

    Submitted Should one list their projected graduation date on their resume? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Serplat · 2012-04-13

    Submitted Failed Password Security on the Server as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Serplat · 2012-04-12

    Submitted Should Colleges Require Coding Tests for Admission? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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