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Natan Yellin
Personal blog · natanyellin.comprogrammingsystemssecurity
Natan Yellin's personal blog at natanyellin.com covers programming, systems and security. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “The Difficulties of Tracking Running Processes on Linux”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Hi, I'm Natan Yellin, CEO of Robusta.dev
Most-linked posts?
- The Difficulties of Tracking Running Processes on Linux2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-08-09
What Hacker News says?
Cool idea. :) 1. The header is beautiful, but very hard to read. Changing the font might help new users remember Copypasta's name. 2. It is strange that I need to approve/reject corrections by email. I understood the email's explanation perfectly, but I also expected to find the approve/reject feature on the site itself. I am testing Copypasta on my blog, http://natanyellin.com . (See the sidebar.) I'll let you know…
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on “Show HN: A user powered copy editing tool (running on Ars Technica)”Submitted Tell HN: I'll donate 4 hrs tomorrow to a charitable project, continue in 2012 as a story · 73 points
HN discussionI take a different approach in technical materials I write. I want to make system internals accessible to more people, not to a restricted few who have the right prior knowledge. I try to write something that everyone understands who has a minimal relevant background (i.e. everyone who would be interested in reading the post) but include links to deeper materials or kernel source code so that everyone can learn from…
Comment linking /posts/shebang-python-bad-interpreter-m/
on “You're not dumb, the prerequisites are bullshit”Submitted The Difficulties of Tracking Running Processes on Linux as a story · 39 points
HN discussionOn a tangential note, apps like HandsOff and LittleSnitch aren't effective at sandboxing malicious software. (This should be obvious, but it apparently requires saying.) The easiest way to bypass HandsOff/LittleSnitch is by temporarily replacing a trusted executable with another binary - there is no mechanism in place to verify that the binary itself hasn't changed since it was granted permissions. http://natanyelli…
Comment linking /2011/11/03/bypassing-little-snitch/
on “IPhone. Single. Looking to make friends on any network.”Submitted Life and Death of a Linux Process as a story · 19 points
HN discussionI am testing against images on http://natanyellin.com/about and there are no matches. It also failed to find my current and past Facebook profile pictures, which were all public.
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on “Ask HN: Need reverse image search engine for my one-night webapp”Submitted The wrong way to filter sockets with BPF as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSorry, the correct link is http://natanyellin.com/2011/01/25/project-management-softwar...
Comment linking /2011/01/25/project-management-software-wikis-and-other-technical-infrastructure-for-small-startups/
on “Project management software, wikis, and tech infrastructure for small startups”Submitted Life and Death of a Linux Process as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYou submitted the wrong link. The article has nothing to do with The New York Times. All the same, Twitter will circumvent the NYTimes paywall. I wrote a blog post about that, which you may submit to HN. http://natanyellin.com/2011/03/22/prediction-new-york-times-...
Comment linking /2011/03/22/prediction-new-york-times-paywall-to-be-easily-bypassed/
on “Twitter account circumvents NYTimes paywall”Submitted Tell HN: What I learned from 12k visitors in 4hrs as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-Modifying Prompts as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Difficulties of Tracking Running Processes on Linux as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Magic Bleep – How to Burn Four Billion Dollars as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Strange Case of the Malformed Shebang as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bypassing Little Snitch as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The strange case of the malformed shebang as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hide Google Plus Notifications and Sharing buttons as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted VLC Illegal Under ACTA? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Till death take us all away as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Project management software, wikis, and tech infrastructure for small startups as a story · 1 points
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