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Obvious Bicycle is a personal blog at siddhesh.substack.com about writing, culture and programming. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “Every Chess Movie, Ranked”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.

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28mentions?
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2021–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2022

Thoughts on literature, tech, TV, music, Indian-ness, and everything else.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Every Chess Movie, Ranked
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-14
  2. My Digital Setup
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-29

What Hacker News says?

  1. I write about pop culture at https://siddhesh.substack.com .

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  2. Submitted Chess.com vs. Lichess as a story · 365 points

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  3. Submitted Culture shock as a story · 335 points

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  4. Submitted The Engineers' Manifesto as a story · 24 points

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  5. Submitted The Sopranos: Endings and Non-Endings as a story · 15 points

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  6. Submitted Lessons from a never-ending personal project as a story · 10 points

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  7. Submitted Every Chess Movie, Ranked as a story · 5 points

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  8. Submitted The Computer Was Once Special as a story · 3 points

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  9. Submitted Birth Privilege as a story · 3 points

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  10. Submitted Media Ownership (Or Lack Thereof) as a story · 2 points

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  11. Submitted My Digital Setup as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted Nacirema as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted Outstanding Album Art as a story · 2 points

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  14. Submitted Birth Privilege as a story · 2 points

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  15. Submitted YC Webinar Notes as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted Games of FIFA World Cup 2026 as a story · 1 points

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  17. Submitted The Lost Art of Channel Surfing as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted Starting Early as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted Mental Health Advice as a story · 1 points

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  20. Submitted Shallow Work Emptiness as a story · 1 points

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  21. Submitted The Oscar Best Picture Conundrum as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted Being Online as a story · 1 points

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  23. Submitted Being Online as a story · 1 points

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  24. Submitted Best of 2022 as a story · 1 points

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  25. Submitted My Digital Setup as a story · 1 points

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  26. Submitted Outsider's perception of every US state as a story · 1 points

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  27. Submitted My Favourite Album Covers as a story · 1 points

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  28. Submitted Every Chess Movie, Ranked as a story · 1 points

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