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Michael Maclean
Personal blog · mgdm.net/weblogprogrammingsystems
Michael Maclean's personal blog at mgdm.net covers programming and systems. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Avoiding Complexity with Systemd”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Michael Maclean's systemd posts: one pairs code with systemd configuration for certificates, and one covers socket activation as a game-agnostic way to handle idle servers.
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 software developer and technical architect, based in Scotland.
Most-linked posts?
- Avoiding Complexity with Systemd2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-06-27
- Systemd Socket Activation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-07-19
What Hacker News says?
I find this blogpost is a great example of code paired with systemd configuration for the certs: https://mgdm.net/weblog/systemd/
Comment linking /weblog/systemd/
on “Systemd service sandboxing and security hardening (2020)”Submitted Avoiding Complexity with Systemd as a story · 291 points
HN discussionNot really my area, but (on the surface) seems doable with systemd sockets as well: https://mgdm.net/weblog/systemd-socket-activation/ Certainly not as nicely integrated, but a game-agnostic approach - similar to inetd from the older days.
Comment linking /weblog/systemd-socket-activation/
on “Show HN: lazymc – Put your Minecraft server to rest when idle”Submitted PHP at the speed of C as a story · 63 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Nix? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Systemd Socket Activation as a story · 4 points
HN discussion