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Matt Hogg

Personal blog · matthogg.fyiprogrammingcareer

Matt Hogg's personal blog at matthogg.fyi covers programming and career. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Developers, Your Job Is Not to Write Code”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-14, and you can follow it by feed.

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10mentions?
3HN people?
2020–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2025

Web developer. Technical leader. Husband. Father. Dundasian. Haligonian expat. Atheist. Humanist. Introvert. Hiker. Cyclist. Archer. Shutterbug. Moviegoer. Junk food bon vivant. Part-time ribald.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Developers, Your Job Is Not to Write Code
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted Ego, empathy, and humility at work as a story · 174 points

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  2. Submitted How to Care About Your Job When It Doesn't Care About You as a story · 45 points

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  3. Submitted Wherein I Find Myself Concerned About Sparkles as a story · 4 points

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  4. Submitted The Rules Won't Help You When the Game Is Rigged as a story · 3 points

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  5. Submitted Developers, Your Job Is Not to Write Code as a story · 3 points

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  6. Submitted Developers, Your Job Is Not to Write Code as a story · 2 points

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  7. Submitted Legacy Code May Be the Friend We Haven't Met Yet as a story · 2 points

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  8. Submitted A Technical Interview Doesn't Have to Suck as a story · 1 points

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  9. Submitted Hacks Are Fine as a story · 1 points

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  10. Submitted CSS Is Certainly Global and That’s the Point as a story · 1 points

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