Paul Gross

Most-linked posts?

1. Double-Entry Ledgers: The Missing Primitive in Modern Software
   2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-06-17
2. Lessons Learned from Payments Startups
   2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-01-26
3. Visualizing Financial Data with DuckDB and Plotly
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-05-22
4. DuckDB as the New jq
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-21
5. Java REPL with JShell and Bazel
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-09-14
6. Ledger Implementation in PostgreSQL
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-24

What Hacker News says?

1. pgr0ss · 2011-08-31

   I actually just wrote up a blog post as well about why I don't like feature branches: http://www.pgrs.net/2011/08/29/why-i-dont-like-feature-branc... My main reasons are that git history gets messy, builds don't run on feature branches (although github seems to have a work around here), and refactoring is harder. My opinions are largely based on working on larger projects (more than 10 devs working in the same codeb…

   Comment linking /2011/08/29/why-i-dont-like-feature-branches/

   on “GitHub Flow”
2. pgr0ss · 2024-03-21

   Submitted DuckDB as the New jq as a story · 364 points

   HN discussion
3. vemv · 2013-01-20

   Here you go: http://blog.markwatson.com/2012/07/my-simple-hack-for-using-... From what I know, lein's policy is to make adding .jars as hard as possible. Update: just found this other method http://www.pgrs.net/2011/10/30/using-local-jars-with-leining... which looks cleaner - just a bit harder (see the last comment).

   Comment linking /2011/10/30/using-local-jars-with-leiningen/

   on “Leiningen version 2.0.0 released”
4. ben_s · 2024-02-07

   Submitted Lessons Learned from Payments Startups as a story · 72 points

   HN discussion
5. pgr0ss · 2013-04-18

   Slides available here: http://www.pgrs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rubyconf_aust...

   Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rubyconf_australia_high_availability.pdf

   on “High Availability at Braintree [video]”
6. pgr0ss · 2025-06-19

   Submitted Double-Entry Ledgers: The Missing Primitive in Modern Software as a story · 56 points

   HN discussion
7. pgr0ss · 2024-11-01

   Submitted DuckDB over Pandas/Polars as a story · 56 points

   HN discussion
8. pgr0ss · 2010-02-28

   Submitted Node.js, redis, and resque as a story · 28 points

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9. pgr0ss · 2011-08-16

   Submitted Useful unix tricks - part 4 as a story · 8 points

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10. tanelpoder · 2025-12-10

    Submitted DuckDB as the New jq as a story · 7 points

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11. thunderbong · 2025-06-18

    Submitted Double-Entry Ledgers: The Missing Primitive in Modern Software as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
12. pgr0ss · 2011-07-15

    Submitted How to migrate your blog from Mephisto to Wordpress as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
13. pgr0ss · 2026-10-29

    Submitted Coding Agents, Starter Kits and Pgledger as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
14. todsacerdoti · 2026-01-06

    Submitted PostgreSQL Scripting Tips as a story · 4 points

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15. pgr0ss · 2025-05-16

    Submitted A Ledger in PostgreSQL Is Fast as a story · 4 points

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16. todsacerdoti · 2025-03-24

    Submitted Ledger Implementation in PostgreSQL as a story · 4 points

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17. pgr0ss · 2015-09-01

    Submitted Migrating from Gradle to Bazel as a story · 4 points

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18. pgr0ss · 2011-08-30

    Submitted Why I don’t like feature branches as a story · 4 points

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19. thunderbong · 2025-06-18

    Submitted Double-Entry Ledgers: The Missing Primitive in Modern Software as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
20. pgr0ss · 2025-06-17

    Submitted Double-Entry Ledgers: The Missing Primitive in Modern Software as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
21. thunderbong · 2025-03-25

    Submitted Ledger Implementation in PostgreSQL as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
22. pgr0ss · 2011-12-23

    Submitted Setting up a Zotac ZBOX with XBMC as a home theater PC as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
23. bguthrie · 2010-02-03

    Submitted Deploy your site without downtime using a web proxy written in node.js as a story · 3 points

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24. mooreds · 2025-06-02

    Submitted Visualizing Financial Data with DuckDB and Plotly as a story · 2 points

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25. pgr0ss · 2024-01-26

    Submitted Lessons Learned from Payments Startups as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
26. pgr0ss · 2016-12-05

    Submitted Dropwizard Can Be Simple as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
27. javinpaul · 2015-09-15

    Submitted Java REPL with JShell and Bazel as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
28. pgr0ss · 2025-05-22

    Submitted Visualizing Financial Data with DuckDB and Plotly as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
29. pgr0ss · 2024-03-29

    Submitted The Many Ways to Read Tech News as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
30. ben_s · 2024-01-31

    Submitted Lessons learned from payments startups as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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