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Eric Matthes

Personal blog · mostlypython.com · on HN as japhyrprogramming

Eric Matthes writes Mostly Python, a personal blog at mostlypython.com about programming. Since 2023, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.

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12mentions?
7HN people?
2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2024

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link Mostly Python posts on Python and Django, including a multi-part series that builds a full Django project starting from a single file, with an accompanying GitHub repo.

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.

Weekly posts about all things Python, and occasional other topics as well.

The author on HN?

japhyr · 8,934 karma · member since 2011

Eric Matthes I'm the author of Python Crash Course, published by No Starch Press: https://nostarch.com/python-crash-course-3rd-edition I taught high school math and science for many years. I live in western North Carolina, and before that I lived in southeast Alaska for 20 years. ehmatthes@gmail.com @ehmatthes@fosstodon.org https://bsky.app/profile/ehmatthes.bsky.social Current thoughts: www.mostlypython.com ---

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What Hacker News says?

  1. vldo · 2024-04-24
    it's a series: - part 2: https://www.mostlypython.com/django-from-first-principles-pa... - part 3: https://www.mostlypython.com/django-from-first-principles-pa... also here's the repo: https://github.com/ehmatthes/django-first-principles/

    Comment linking /django-from-first-principles-part-3/

    on “Building a full Django project, starting with a single file”
  2. kqnrnq17r · 2024-04-24

    Submitted Building a full Django project, starting with a single file as a story · 121 points

    HN discussion
  3. Semaphor · 2024-04-25
    Still have. Even the linked website offers it (not sure if it used to on Substack, but I’d guess so?): https://www.mostlypython.com/rss/

    Comment linking /rss/

    on “Leaving Substack”
  4. 8organicbits · 2024-04-25

    Submitted Leaving Substack as a story · 91 points

    HN discussion
  5. japhyr · 2024-08-11

    Submitted My Mechanical Keyboard Journey as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. japhyr · 2024-09-05

    Submitted It's your job to keep AI at arm's length as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. japhyr · 2024-07-13

    Submitted Managing Two Computers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. speckx · 2026-06-03

    Submitted Batching API Calls as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. todsacerdoti · 2026-02-06

    Submitted Anatomy of a Python Function as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. japhyr · 2024-01-05

    Submitted The Value of Streaks as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. japhyr · 2023-12-25

    Submitted The Joys of Holiday Coding as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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