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Personal blog · objology.blogspot.comprogramming

Objology is a personal blog at objology.blogspot.com about programming. Since 2011, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Don't make objects that end with 'er'”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.

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7mentions?
7HN people?
2011–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2011

Most-linked posts?

  1. Don't make objects that end with 'er'
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-09-26

What Hacker News says?

  1. I used to blog. Many (9) years ago. I took a break ( https://objology.blogspot.com/2012/05/stepping-out-of-balloo... ). 9 years of polyglot-ism later, I've toyed with returning to some sort of small b blogging, just for the therapeutic nature of writing about what I learn and do. But I'm honestly at a loss where to do it. I don't really want to do the hosted-for-monetization thing again (Medium, BlogSpot, etc). I've…

    Comment linking /2012/05/stepping-out-of-balloon.html

    on “Small B Blogging (2018)”
  2. Submitted One of the Best Bits of Programming Advice I ever Got as a story · 218 points

    HN discussion
  3. "Don't make objects that end with 'er'." [1] From a post previously seen on HN. http://objology.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-of-best-bits-of-pro...

    Comment linking /2011/09/one-of-best-bits-of-programming-advice.html

    on “Out Of Controller”
  4. Submitted Don't make objects that end with 'er' as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted One of the Best Bits of Programming Advice I Ever Got (2011) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted "Don't make objects that end with 'er'." as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Initial Thoughts about Swift as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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