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Niche Software
Personal blog · nichesoftware.co.nzprogramming
Niche Software is a personal blog at nichesoftware.co.nz about programming. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Magpie Driven Development (MDD)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its post on Magpie Driven Development, a software design habit. The second comment is about XML and does not refer to the blog.
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?
- Magpie Driven Development (MDD)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-10-12
What Hacker News says?
Ah, my beloved MDD: Magpie Driven Development http://www.nichesoftware.co.nz/2021/07/10/magpie-driven-deve...
Comment linking /2021/07/10/magpie-driven-development.html
on “After the first tech job”Submitted Magpie Driven Development (MDD) as a story · 53 points
HN discussionXML is nowhere near "hip" these days, but I think it is underrated. Yes, a lot of bad things have been done with XML, but the technology itself is just fine and sometimes hated for the wrong reasons. XML is considered overly verbose, which is not always the fault of XML, but of how it is used. <dependency> <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId> <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId> <version>5.9.2</version> </d…
Comment linking /2017/04/25/in-defense-of-xml.html
on “The XML spec is 25 years old today”Submitted Code Gardening – Why Code Garden? as a story · 2 points
HN discussion