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Matt Smith
Personal blog · mattcasmith.net · on HN as mattcasmithculturebusiness
Matt Smith writes MattCASmith, a personal blog at mattcasmith.net about culture and business. Since 2026, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Will the RAM crunch force a return to optimisation?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
A cyber security professional observing technology, business, and culture with a sceptical – but never cynical – eye.
Most-linked posts?
- Will the RAM crunch force a return to optimisation?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-26
What Hacker News says?
I’ve been going all-in on regular writing this year, and have published a blog post a week since December ( https://mattcasmith.net/ ). My most recent piece is about the privacy-impacting plans the UK government announced this week, but my favourite recent output is an essay titled Care About What You Do, which brings together a lot of small thoughts I’ve had for years into a consistent thread. More technically, hav…
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)”Submitted There's no substitute for real-world experience as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Will the RAM crunch force a return to optimisation? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI costs are rising, but proving value is still a challenge as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Alternatives to the UK government's social media ban as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Care about what you do – even when nobody's watching as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We are witnessing the death of the games console as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Will the RAM crunch force a return to optimisation? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Some features work in design meetings but fail in the real world as a story · 1 points
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