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Not Only Code
Personal blog · notonlycode.org · on HN as arnvaldcareerprogramming
Not Only Code is a personal blog at notonlycode.org about career and programming. Since 2020, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “The Problem with Velocity”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment links to a chart image on this blog showing Python's TIOBE popularity over time. The comments say nothing about the writing, so the linked posts' topics cannot be determined from them.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- The Problem with Velocity3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-07-19
- How to Run an Effective Retrospective2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-02
- I relearned typing to save my wrists2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-06
- From Init.vim to Init.lua2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-01
What Hacker News says?
If you believe the TIOBE index, the popularity of python peaked around 2008-2009 and then slid to a low around 2014-2015 -- and now it's more popular than it's ever been. https://www.notonlycode.org/content/images/2020/09/Screensho...
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on “Ask HN: Will Ruby Get a Comeback?”Submitted Why nobody hires junior developers and what happens next as a story · 147 points
HN discussionYears ago I wrote article on this topic: https://www.notonlycode.org/why-python-has-won/ In short (all below is my opinion): it was popular in academia and got some corporate adoption, so when ML exploded in popularity it was a natural choice as the scripting language for ML tooling. On top of that it’s easy to pick up as a language, and it’s a general purpose language - there are lots of scientific tools like panda…
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on “Ask HN: Why Did Python Win?”Submitted I relearned typing to save my wrists as a story · 13 points
HN discussionI explored this topic a while ago on my blog [0] In essence, I don't think it has anything to do with elegance, syntax, or "easiness". It's more about timing + origin + corporate adoption: * Python was created in Europe, Ruby was created in Japan - when Ruby gained more recognition in English-speaking world (~2004), Python has already been present and used worldwide for a decade * Ruby was created as a personal, hob…
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on “Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension”Submitted From Init.vim to Init.lua as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted We moved to async stand-ups and never looked back as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted We moved to async stand-up and never looked back as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beyond Semantic Versioning as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Python has won among dynamic languages as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Problem with Velocity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Run an Effective Retrospective as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I relearned typing to save my wrists as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted From init.vim to init.lua – a crash course as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Power of Reduce as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 12 ways to call a method in Ruby as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Problem with Velocity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Problem with Velocity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Run an Effective Retrospective as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Mentor Bootcamp Graduates as a story · 1 points
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