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Marc Scholten
Personal blog · mpscholten.deprogrammingsystems
Marc Scholten's personal blog at mpscholten.de covers programming and systems. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “You Are Most Likely Misusing Docker”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread about Docker deleting open source images. The only comment is a bare link to a 2016 post, so HN's view of the writing itself is not stated.
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?
- You Are Most Likely Misusing Docker3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-03-24
- You Are Most Likely Misusing Docker2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-01-27
- My Experience with Nix on OS X2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-30
What Hacker News says?
If you're using docker on mac, you're probably not using it there for easy scaling (which was the reason docker was created back then), but for the "it just works" feeling when using your development environment. But docker introduces far too much incidental complexity compared to simply using a good package manager. A good package manager can deliver the same "it just works" feeling of docker while being far more l…
Comment linking /docker/2016/01/27/you-are-most-likely-misusing-docker.html
on “Docker for Mac and Windows Beta”Submitted My Experience with Nix on OS X as a story · 120 points
HN discussionNixOS is pretty awesome :) For anyone trying to start with NixOS, I suggest trying it out on a small DigitalOcean server. Check out this[0] blog post on some hints how to install NixOS there. A big help is IMO to get a solid understanding about how nix itself works[1]. Also check out some existing `configuration.nix` files on GitHub. Just google for "github configuration.nix". This might give you some inspiration wh…
Comment linking /nixos/2016/04/11/setting-up-vim-on-nixos.html
on “Nix as OS X Package Manager”Submitted My Experience with Nix on OS X (2016) as a story · 7 points
HN discussion> Docker enables you to package up your application along with all of the application’s dependencies into a nice self-contained image. You can then use use that image to run your application in containers. Actually docker was created to enable easy scaling of web applications. If you want to package your application up take a look at some modern package managers. By using a modern package manager like nix you can wo…
Comment linking /docker/2016/01/27/you-are-most-likely-misusing-docker.html
on “Microcontainers – Tiny, Portable Docker Containers”Submitted You Are Most Likely Misusing Docker as a story · 7 points
HN discussionI'm using a shell script together with the nix package manager for that. The shell script just ensures that all packages are there (e.g. doing `nix-env -i fpp wget iterm2 jekyll ghc ruby nodejs composer php`). I can pin the version of all packages by configuring `NIX_PATH` to point to a specific `nixpkgs` (the package repository) commit. So that all people have exact the same versions of everything. Package customiz…
Comment linking /nixos/2016/05/26/sharing-configuration-across-systems-with-nix.html
on “Ask HN: How do you install developer tools on a fresh system?”Submitted Accidental Complexity Caused by Service Containers in the PHP World as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - REMOTE Technologies: rails, android, react, php, docker, git Website: https://www.mpscholten.de/ GitHub: https://github.com/mpscholten Email: marcphilipscholten@gmail.com I'm a full stack developer from germany. I love playing with exciting new technologies. At the moment I’m working mostly with web technologies like react, rails, php and also do android app development. Sounds interest? Just send me…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2016)”Submitted Refactoring Non-Deterministic Systems as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHey all, I'm an eighteen years old software engineer from germany (learn more about me here: http://www.mpscholten.de/about/ ). Project Log is my first try on android apps. It's a simple material designed work time tracker. I've built it because I was unhappy with all the existing apps I've tried out. Happy to receive some feedback :)
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on “Show HN: Project Log – A simple work time tracker”Submitted Use Nix Instead of Docker for Deployments as a story · 4 points
HN discussionhttps://www.mpscholten.de/docker/2016/01/27/you-are-most-lik...
Comment linking /docker/2016/01/27/you-are-most-likely-misusing-docker.html
on “Docker is deleting Open Source images - here is what you need to know”Submitted JavaScript in 2016: Functional programming is here to stay as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sharing Configuration Across Systems with Nix as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nix as an Alternative to Docker as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript in 2016: Functional programming is here to stay as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mistakes You Will Make Without Code Generators as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Private GitHub Repositories and NixOS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sharing Configuration Across Systems with Nix as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Accidental Complexity Caused by Service Containers in the PHP World as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript in 2016: Functional programming is here to stay as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reasons to Use Code Generators as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tips to Improve Your Development Environment as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Deploying Private GitHub Repositories to NixOS Servers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sharing Configuration Across Systems with Nix as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Experience with Nix on OS X as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting Up Vim on NixOS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Are Most Likely Misusing Docker as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Refactoring Dynamic Systems as a story · 1 points
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