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Orta Therox

Personal blog · orta.ioprogrammingweb

Orta Therox writes orta therox, a personal blog at orta.io about programming and web. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Migrating from Apple”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2020–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2021

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Orta Therox's posts about switching from Apple to Linux for desktop use, and a personal project that built a custom iPad app of Spotify playlists as a gift.

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.

Omni-Engineer, design and code. Puzzmo co-founder, ex-TypeScript compiler team.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Migrating from Apple
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-01-19
  2. Understanding TypeScript’s Popularity
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-04-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. alsetmusic · 2021-01-20Recommends
    > Has Linux desktop share been increasing lately? I run on Mac for desktop, Linux for projects. I don’t know that more people have been switching than before, but I thought the author of this[0] piece illustrated well that it’s easier than ever. That said, the author states that they opt not to have a phone. That’s much less lock-in than most of the market. [0] https://orta.io/on/migrating/from/apple

    Comment linking /on/migrating/from/apple

    on “Intel Problems”
  2. fanf2 · 2021-04-13

    Submitted Understanding TypeScript’s Popularity as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. orta · 2020-08-08
    About decade ago a girl I knew moved off to Australia for a year, as her iPad was her main communication device, I made a just-for-her iPad app with Spotify playlists I could edit from my computer. https://orta.io/Mixtapes/ She's now my wife. (and you don't have permission to put this on that site)

    Comment linking /Mixtapes/

    on “Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?”
  4. uniqueid · 2021-01-19

    Submitted Migrating from Apple as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. bpierre · 2021-07-13

    Submitted pnpm is my successor to Yarn 1 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. sebg · 2021-05-27

    Submitted Understanding TypeScript's Popularity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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