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Mark Greville
Personal blog · markgreville.ie · on HN as gHeadphonecareerprogramming
Mark Greville's personal blog at markgreville.ie covers career and programming. Since 2020, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 47 times, most often “Are you foolish enough to innovate?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-09, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post arguing against using AI to write. The linked post gives a deeper explanation of why AI-generated writing is not a good thing.
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.
An Irish musician’s journey to becoming a better technologist
Most-linked posts?
- Are you foolish enough to innovate?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-04-07
- Buffet-Style Architecture3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-05-27
- Technical debt is not debt; it’s not even technical2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-07-23
- Tech Architects make decisions – Why you might spend a fortune on a red car2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-06-27
- How to make your AI twin2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-07
What Hacker News says?
Here is a good explanation in a deeper way of why using AI to write is not a good thing https://markgreville.ie/2024/12/10/generative-ai-is-digital-...
Comment linking /2024/12/10/generative-ai-is-digital-homeopathy-how-i-train-my-own-model/
on “Don't Use AI to Write”Submitted How To Know Everything as a story · 155 points
HN discussionThis is an outstanding book. Here is a review for those who may be interested in whether to read it or not - http://markgreville.ie/2022/06/22/book-summary-how-to-know-e...
Comment linking /2022/06/22/book-summary-how-to-know-everything-by-elke-wiss/
on “Ask HN: Books that teach you to think”Submitted Technical debt is not debt; it’s not even technical as a story · 127 points
HN discussionhttp://markgreville.ie/
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Leprechauns of Software Engineering as a story · 43 points
HN discussionThats a great point. I've spoken to a few people who chose a microservices architecture because it seemed to be the only choice discussed online. Whatever regrets they had now are not useful, because its too late/expensive to change. To choose an appropriate architecture, the business case and pros and cons of different architectures need to be considered using a well established method, such as the one described he…
Comment linking /2021/02/17/how-architects-make-decisions/
on “Navigating the 8 fallacies of distributed computing”Submitted AGI may never align with human needs – so says science as a story · 32 points
HN discussionI used to be a musician and as i worked in tech, I set up my own website. Everyone else thought i was crazy, MySpace was here to stay - that was the standard that everyone used, anything else was a waste of effort. Because platforms (like MySpace) can disappear almost overnight, I would always recommend setting up a blog on a domain that you own and control. Mine is https://markgreville.ie and i have been on the fro…
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on “Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you?”Submitted Gladiator Style Interviewing as a story · 29 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are you foolish enough to innovate? as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Buffet-Style Architecture as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted The political left and right is a figment of your imagination as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don’t think about what we can’t do during COVID19, focus on what we can do as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to become an executive at a billion-dollar company as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How not to become a VP at a billion-dollar company as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to become a VP at a billion-dollar company – Guaranteed success in 24 steps as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are you foolish enough to innovate? (2021) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to make your AI twin as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I built my AI Twin as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I built my AI Twin as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to make your AI twin as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing for humans: Why most enterprise adoptions of AI fail as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How NOT to become a VP – 24 wrong steps on a journey as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to become a VP at a billion-dollar company as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to become a VP at a billion-dollar company as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gladiator Style Interviewing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tech Architects make decisions – Why you might spend a fortune on a red car as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Technical Debt Is Not Debt; It’s Not Even Technical as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Technology Architects Make Decisions as a story · 2 points
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