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Miroslav Nikolov

Personal blog · webup.org/blog · on HN as moubiwebprogramming

Miroslav Nikolov's personal blog at webup.org covers web and programming. Since 2020, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “The High-Risk Refactoring”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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15mentions?
8HN people?
2020–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2020

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The only comment links Miroslav Nikolov's post "The Emerging Ship", about developers and a failing project, which the commenter found republished across several other blogs.

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.

Personal web space of Miroslav Nikolov.

The author on HN?

moubi · 15 karma · member since 2016

#javascript, #frontend, #techlead https://webup.org/blog

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The High-Risk Refactoring
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-02-13
  2. The Emerging Ship
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-24
  3. How to Kill a Fly with a Shotgun (2023)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-26

What Hacker News says?

  1. aargh_aargh · 2021-02-26
    What's with posting this in multiple blogs? Is it some SEO or marketing strategy? https://webup.org/blog/the-emerging-ship/ https://webdesigntips.blog/web-design/javascript/developers-... https://lzomedia.com/blog/developers-in-charge-of-a-failing-... https://aster.cloud/2021/02/11/how-can-developers-save-a-fai... That aside, I was actually more curious to read the mentioned "Thoughts on mistakes" essay, but it was…

    Comment linking /blog/the-emerging-ship/

    on “The Emerging Ship”
  2. ben_s · 2024-03-17

    Submitted The High-Risk Refactoring as a story · 71 points

    HN discussion
  3. moubi · 2020-07-10
    Original post can be found here: https://webup.org/blog/render-props-vs-hooks/

    Comment linking /blog/render-props-vs-hooks/

    on “Render Props vs Hooks in 2020”
  4. feross · 2021-02-24

    Submitted The Emerging Ship as a story · 29 points

    HN discussion
  5. kiyanwang · 2024-02-18

    Submitted The High-Risk Refactoring as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. mooreds · 2024-02-19

    Submitted How to Kill a Fly with a Shotgun (2023) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. thunderbong · 2024-02-13

    Submitted The High-Risk Refactoring as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. moubi · 2023-05-10

    Submitted React Global State as Local State as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. feross · 2021-06-09

    Submitted Arguments for a Project Kickoff Strategy as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. moubi · 2020-06-23

    Submitted React state: render props vs. hooks as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. moubi · 2020-03-24

    Submitted Show HN: An opinionated webpage as React dev as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. fagnerbrack · 2024-03-14

    Submitted The High-Risk Refactoring as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. thunderbong · 2023-04-26

    Submitted How to Kill a Fly with a Shotgun as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. moubi · 2020-12-01

    Submitted Turn Table Header Sticky with React Hooks as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. moubi · 2020-11-04

    Submitted Device based code split with ReactJS (how to and arguments) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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