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mccue.dev is a personal blog at mccue.dev about programming. Since 2022, 27 different Hacker News readers have linked it 34 times, most often “How to Structure a Clojure App 101”. It has a working feed you can follow.

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34mentions?
27HN people?
2022–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2024

Most-linked posts?

  1. How to Structure a Clojure App 101
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-12-08
  2. Life Altering PostgreSQL Patterns
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-16
  3. Better Java logging, inspired by Clojure and Rust
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-09-25
  4. After CrowdStrike, Programmers Deserve Consequences
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-20
  5. The different ways to handle errors in C
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-07-29
  6. You can run Java like Python now
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-28
  7. Just use Postgres
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-17

What Hacker News says?

  1. kingkongjaffa · 2025-09-20
    If you haven’t got a really good reason just https://boringtechnology.club/ and https://mccue.dev/pages/8-16-24-just-use-postgres

    Comment linking /pages/8-16-24-just-use-postgres

    on “Ask HN: Feel stuck and overwhelmed by tech choice”
  2. refset · 2024-08-17

    Submitted Just use Postgres as a story · 236 points

    HN discussion
  3. TacticalCoder · 2022-12-19
    A similar post, also mentioning protocols and integrant, was posted here a few days ago and may also interest some: https://mccue.dev/pages/12-7-22-clojure-web-primer

    Comment linking /pages/12-7-22-clojure-web-primer

    on “Structuring Clojure Applications”
  4. charles_irl · 2025-09-16

    Submitted Public static void main(String[] args) is dead as a story · 210 points

    HN discussion
  5. za3faran · 2023-09-11
    sealed interface Shape {} record Square(int x) implements Shape {} record Rectangle(int l, int w) implements Shape {} record Circle(int r) implements Shape {} double getArea(Shape s) { // Exhaustively checks for all alternatives. return switch (s) { case Square(var x) -> x * x; case Rectangle(var l, var w) -> l * w; case Circle(var r) -> Math.PI * r * r; } } This is a good article: https://mccue.dev/pages/11-1-21-sm…

    Comment linking /pages/11-1-21-smuggling-checked-exceptions

    on “You might want async in your project”
  6. emccue · 2022-05-03

    Submitted Go's Concurrency Examples in Java 19 as a story · 151 points

    HN discussion
  7. emccue · 2024-07-06

    Submitted A Dramatic Reading: I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again as a story · 65 points

    HN discussion
  8. lladnar · 2024-08-01

    Submitted Rust Just Failed an Important Test as a story · 62 points

    HN discussion
  9. thunderbong · 2025-03-16

    Submitted Life Altering PostgreSQL Patterns as a story · 26 points

    HN discussion
  10. jandeboevrie · 2024-07-20

    Submitted After CrowdStrike, Programmers Deserve Consequences as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  11. lukastyrychtr · 2022-09-30

    Submitted Better Java logging, inspired by Clojure and Rust as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  12. thunderbong · 2024-07-28

    Submitted You can run Java like Python now as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  13. rbanffy · 2025-03-21

    Submitted Life Altering PostgreSQL Patterns as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  14. signa11 · 2022-07-29

    Submitted The different ways to handle errors in C as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  15. dragandj · 2026-02-07

    Submitted Python Only Has One Real Competitor as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  16. ac50hz · 2025-07-24

    Submitted Clojure as a First Language as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  17. Remy_Clarke · 2022-09-25

    Submitted Better Java logging, inspired by Clojure and Rust as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  18. r4um · 2025-07-22

    Submitted Issues you will face binding to C from Java as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. thunderbong · 2024-08-22

    Submitted C Growable Arrays: In Depth as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. oftenwrong · 2024-08-05

    Submitted You can run Java like Python now as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. thunderbong · 2024-08-01

    Submitted I Can't Run My Rust Game Either as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. deedub · 2024-07-22

    Submitted After CrowdStrike, Programmers Deserve Consequences as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. DarkNova6 · 2024-06-22

    Submitted Extension methods make code harder to read as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  24. emccue · 2022-02-08

    Submitted Java's Options for Options as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  25. oftenwrong · 2025-03-08

    Submitted New Build Tool in Java as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. cempaka · 2024-06-09

    Submitted Modules Make javac Easy as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. bokchoi · 2023-08-14

    Submitted Better Java Compiler Error Messages as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. yogthos · 2022-12-08

    Submitted How to Structure a Clojure App 101 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. nykolasz · 2022-07-29

    Submitted The different ways to handle errors in C as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. namvdo · 2022-07-29

    Submitted Turn any Java program into a self-contained EXE as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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