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mfkl
Personal blog · mfkl.github.ioprogramming
mfkl is a personal blog at mfkl.github.io about programming. Since 2020, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The blog writes about VLC and LibVLCSharp, showing how to build cross-platform multimedia app prototypes with all code open. The only comment is a self-description with no judgment of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-01-10
- Writing a native VLC plugin in C#2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-16
- The psychology and dynamics of OSS: passion, burnout and (im)balance (2020)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-26
What Hacker News says?
https://mfkl.github.io/ I write about VLC and LibVLCSharp, detailing how to build fun and unique crossplatform multimedia app prototypes (all code is open).
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?”Submitted Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC as a story · 1027 points
HN discussionhttps://mfkl.github.io Mostly on LibVLC and LibVLCSharp, FFI and opensource.
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Unity’s Open-Source Double Standard: the ban of VLC as a story · 541 points
HN discussionSubmitted Milestone: Half a million downloads for VideoLAN packages in the .NET ecosystem as a story · 115 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing a native VLC plugin in C# as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing a native VLC plugin in C# as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pkgstore.io as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The psychology and dynamics of OSS: passion, burnout and (im)balance (2020) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted LibVLCSharp for MAUI as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Milestone: 2M downloads for VideoLAN .NET NuGet packages as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Milestone: A million downloads for VideoLAN packages in the .NET ecosystem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted LibVLCSharp Commercial Licensing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On the psychology and dynamics of OSS: passion, burnout and (im)balance as a story · 1 points
HN discussion