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Matt Layman

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Matt Layman's personal blog at mattlayman.com covers programming, business and startups. Since 2016, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 55 times, most often “Python Alternative to Docker”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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55mentions?
16HN people?
2016–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 23 in 2019

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Matt Layman's posts on using htmx with Django templates to add async behaviour to normal pages. Comments cite the htmx post as a resource rather than judging its quality.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Python Alternative to Docker
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-09-18
  2. Teaching a Kid to Code with Pygame Zero · Matt Layman
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-04-30
  3. How to Use Htmx in Django
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-02-09
  4. Lessons from a Failed SaaS – Building SaaS #37 · Matt Layman
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-11-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. It's pretty new but people are starting to publish information on using it: https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2021/how-to-htmx-django/ https://www.jerriepelser.com/blog/using-htmx-with-aspnet-cor... You can also join the discord server if you have questions: https://htmx.org/discord

    Comment linking /blog/2021/how-to-htmx-django/

    on “I don't want to do front-end anymore”
  2. Submitted A Failed SaaS Postmortem as a story · 225 points

    HN discussion
  3. I can't comment on every use case, but I've recently been using htmx[1] with Django templates to provide sort-of async behaviour. For me it's the best of both worlds; I can specify my template and view as though it's a normal page load, and then use some hx- attributes to make it async. 1. https://www.mattlayman.com/blog/2021/how-to-htmx-django/

    Comment linking /blog/2021/how-to-htmx-django/

    on “The Decline of Django”
  4. Submitted Layman's Guide to Python Built-in Functions as a story · 50 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Understand Django: Security and Django as a story · 22 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Templates and Logic – Building SaaS #45 · Matt Layman as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Django Riffs 4 – Building User Interfaces as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Teaching a Kid to Code with Pygame Zero · Matt Layman as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Teaching a Kid to Code with Pygame Zero · Matt Layman as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Brute Force Development as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Add Styles to Templates – Building SaaS #42 · Matt Layman as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Python Alternative to Docker as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Python Alternative to Docker as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Supercharging Vim: Blazing Fast Search and Global Replace · Matt Layman as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted A complete guide to internationalization in Python as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Django Debugging Tips and Techniques as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Teaching a kid to code with Pygame Zero (2019) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Understand Django: Go Fast with Django as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted How to Use Htmx in Django as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Onboarding Forms – Building SaaS #51 · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Onboarding – Building SaaS #48 · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted How to Style Sign Up – Building SaaS #47 · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Understand Django: Views on Views · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted URLs Lead the Way · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Serverless Python and Why You Should Try It Out · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Make a Custom User Model – Building SaaS #40 · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted A Failed SaaS Postmortem as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted Lessons from a Failed SaaS – Building SaaS #37 · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted Lessons from a Failed SaaS – Building SaaS #37 · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted Publish to Dev Automatically with GitHub Actions · Matt Layman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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