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mostlyobvio.us
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mostlyobvio.us is a personal blog at mostlyobvio.us about programming and systems. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “3 ways for achieving responsive code formatting on web”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-12, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link these posts on responsive text and code formatting for websites. The single comment is a follow-up that points to an earlier post on the same topic and discusses the idea's practical limits.
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?
- 3 ways for achieving responsive code formatting on web2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-05
What Hacker News says?
This came up before (same topic, different article): https://mostlyobvio.us/2026/02/responsive-code-formatting/ I'll also paraphrase what I said then: I like the idea in principle, but there's a fundamental problem that makes me think it would be really difficult to use on my website. The problem is that code autoformatters typically work great in like 90% of cases, but the last 10%, they make worse. In "real" code,…
Comment linking /2026/02/responsive-code-formatting/
on “Responsive Text and Code”Submitted Optimize your SSH experience as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Packaging for dummies as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 3 ways for achieving responsive code formatting on web as a story · 1 points
HN discussion