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Matt Ryall
Personal blog · mattryall.net · on HN as mryallprogrammingweb
Matt Ryall's personal blog at mattryall.net covers programming and web. Since 2009, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Matt Ryall's posts on HTML5 default heading styles and on a Processing and JavaScript demo as a Flash replacement. Comments cite them without judging the writing.
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.
Tech & opinion since 2002
What Hacker News says?
It changed with the introduction of HTML5. It was one of those ideas that’s great for spec nerds, but flew in the face of previous standards compliance. It’s something I used on a lot of sites in the 2010s, but that I no longer have access to change. I’m betting this will make some old sites built by standards fiends look weird in spots, but not break things too badly. https://mattryall.net/blog/html-5-headings-and-…
Comment linking /blog/html-5-headings-and-sections
on “Default styles for h1 elements are changing”Submitted Why wireless networks are slow as a story · 69 points
HN discussionJust to add another sample, I have a Phenom II X4 940 (not OCed right now) and the most taxing one I found was http://www.mattryall.net/demo/atlassian-vis/activity/ , which put one core around 70% on average while not touching the others.
Comment linking /demo/atlassian-vis/activity/
on “Processing + Javascript = Flash Killer”Submitted Why I use Firefox as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHere's an example of what I mean. It only works in Firefox, unfortunately, but shows the concept of using raster sprites within SVG: http://www.mattryall.net/demo/civ-svg/ SVG is by no means a solid game development platform, but it is some interesting browser-based technology which might be useful for game developers to investigate.
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on “The challenges of Creating a Civilization Web Game”Submitted The ideal iteration length as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Six small improvements in iOS 6 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Comparing Instagram's growth with Facebook and Flickr as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The ideal iteration length, part 2 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cool Digg comments visualization as a story · 1 points
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