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Oscar Godson
Personal blog · oscargodson.com/postsprogrammingweb
Oscar Godson's personal blog at oscargodson.com covers programming and web. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Why I Don't Use CoffeeScript (2011)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters discuss Oscar Godson's posts on JavaScript and CoffeeScript, and on simplicity versus control in programming tools. The comments give no explicit verdict on the writing.
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?
- Why I Don't Use CoffeeScript (2011)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-02-14
What Hacker News says?
Its not just that many programmers want more control. Its also the case that many programmers want more complication. They really prefer the most complicated and difficult way to do things. They don't trust things that are easier or simpler. I think that maybe they believe deep down that ease-of-use versus power is truly a zero-sum game, and you just can't get more of one thing without giving up some of the other. A…
Comment linking /posts/why-i-dont-use-coffeescript.html
on “Less is exponentially more”Submitted Writing Eloquent JavaScript Without CoffeeScript as a story · 57 points
HN discussionHere is another post about coffeescript from the author http://oscargodson.com/posts/writing-eloquent-javascript-wit... that pretends javascript best practices can be elegant enough that you don't need coffeescript. Best practices are nice, but it's even nicer when they're enforced by the language so you don't have to see anyone not using them. So you don't have to read books and search for tutorials on how to do ba…
Comment linking /posts/writing-eloquent-javascript-without-coffeescript.html
on “Why I Don't Use CoffeeScript”Submitted Why I Don't Use CoffeeScript (2011) as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted What I Learned At Yammer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Don't Use CoffeeScript as a story · 3 points
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