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Andrew Nacin

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Andrew Nacin writes Nacin, a personal blog at nacin.com about programming and culture. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.

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2011–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2013

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Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for background on the 2010 GPL dispute between WordPress.org and the Thesis Theme. One commenter cites its 2010 post as context for the debate.

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What Hacker News says?

  1. For more context, the GPL/WordPress debate got a lot of attention in the summer of 2010 when WordPress.org was bumping heads with the Thesis Theme. http://nacin.com/2010/07/15/thesis-gpl/ http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=Gpl+Wordpre... Edit: Changed Automattic to WordPress.org

    Comment linking /2010/07/15/thesis-gpl/

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  2. Submitted I’ve Joined the White House’s U.S. Digital Service as a story · 153 points

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  3. Submitted In Open Source, Learn to Decide as a story · 36 points

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  4. Submitted The qualities of a great WordPress contributor as a story · 1 points

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  5. Submitted America runs on Dunkin, but new DC location snubs those in wheelchairs as a story · 1 points

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