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Outside the Asylum

Personal blog · outsidetheasylum.blog · on HN as IsaacKingprogramminggamessecurity

Outside the Asylum is a personal blog at outsidetheasylum.blog about programming, games and security. Since 2023, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “XSS –> RCE in Screeps, a programming game on Steam”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-13, and you can follow it by feed.

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9mentions?
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2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2026

The author on HN?

IsaacKing · 3 karma · member since 2024

https://outsidetheasylum.blog/

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Most-linked posts?

  1. XSS –> RCE in Screeps, a programming game on Steam
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-01-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted XSS –> RCE in Screeps, a programming game on Steam as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted How One Steam Developer Made a Million Dollars Selling a Remote Access Trojan as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Humans are insecure password generators as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted An Actually Intuitive Explanation of the Oberth Effect as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted A game about programming exposed players to remote code execution as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Screeps: A Game About Programming Sold Its Players a Remote Access Trojan as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Duct Tape and Fence Posts as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Strange Loops in Magic the Gathering as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The Economics of Organized Play as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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