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molsson's blog
Personal blog · mo.github.ioprogrammingweb
molsson's blog is a personal blog at mo.github.io about programming and web. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Browser Engines 2015: Commit Rates and Active Developer Counts”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads on an NPM proxy returning ERR 418 and on whether Gecko could be embedded, with one comment citing a 2015 post on browser engine development. The comments do not judge the writing.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- Browser Engines 2015: Commit Rates and Active Developer Counts2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-11-04
What Hacker News says?
Not your fault, I'd say a good percentage of people here aren't great at reading tone, on top of how terrible text is at conveying tone in general. I definitely read the tone wrong :) I think it's easier to answer in reverse order. DISCLAIMER: This is part rant, part "projected-constructed worldview". I absolutely welcome balloon-popping and "that's absolutely not true" and pointers to things that debunk/disprove po…
Comment linking /2015/11/04/browser-engines-active-developers-and-commit-rates.html
on “NPM proxy users receiving ERR 418 I'm a teapot”Submitted Chrome Devtools Tips and Tricks as a story · 293 points
HN discussionI find your lack of faith disturbing. https://mo.github.io/2015/11/04/browser-engines-active-devel...
Comment linking /2015/11/04/browser-engines-active-developers-and-commit-rates.html
on “The case for an embeddable Gecko”Submitted Browser Engines 2015: Commit Rates and Active Developer Counts as a story · 112 points
HN discussionIf you prefer a more compact intro in Q&A format: https://mo.github.io/2017/01/18/mongo-db-basics.html https://mo.github.io/2017/01/22/mongo-db-tips-and-tricks.htm...
Comment linking /2017/01/22/mongo-db-tips-and-tricks.html
on “Introduction to MongoDB”Submitted JavaScript tools for end-to-end testing web applications as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript tools for end-to-end testing web applications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript unit testing tools as a story · 2 points
HN discussion