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metajack is a personal blog at metajack.wordpress.com about programming and startups. Since 2008, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. The last post was in 2008, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2008–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2008

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link metajack's blog for its posts on XMPP over HTTP (BOSH) and its response to criticism of Django. One commenter calls the Django post a really good response.

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.

a blog about startups and code

What Hacker News says?

  1. So, BOSH [0], aka XMPP-over-HTTP ? Originally intended to allow XMPP in the browser, it turned out [1] to be solving a lot of other problems, including the frequent disconnections of a smartphone. [0] http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0206.html [1] https://metajack.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/xmpp-is-better-wit...

    Comment linking /2008/07/02/xmpp-is-better-with-bosh/

    on “Overrun With Messaging Apps ”
  2. Submitted The Problem With Django as a story · 18 points

    HN discussion
  3. ivankirigin · 2008-06-11Recommends
    The second comment is a really good response: http://metajack.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/the-problem-with-dj...

    Comment linking /2008/06/11/the-problem-with-django/

    on “The Problem With Django ”
  4. Submitted XMPP servers: jabberd, ejabberd, openfire, tigase as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Thoughts On Scalable XMPP Bots as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Want $500? Help Us Fix Jabberd2! as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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