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Perma Alesheikh
Personal blog · prma.devprogrammingphilosophy
Perma Alesheikh writes The Leafslug, a personal blog at prma.dev about programming and philosophy. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Files as Metadata Format”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post, 'files as metadata format', which argues for plain files over databases. The comments only mention the link, and one commenter discusses their own file-based note workflow.
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.
The Leafslug is the blog of Perma Alesheikh.
Most-linked posts?
- Files as Metadata Format3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-07-06
What Hacker News says?
Oh frell . As a user who loves shell scripting, version control, and alternative options, i hate hate hate DB-based datastores. I won't have git auto-commits, showing me over time how I edit logseq. I check in work-notes, which are markdown files that can be viewed easily in GitHub right nkw. I also use file sync tools to keep tablet, phone, and laptop in sync: these can handle resync after online if I'm not working…
Comment linking /posts/files-as-metadata-format
on “Logseq – adding settings for self-hosted sync”Submitted Files as Metadata Format as a story · 5 points
HN discussionURL should be(?): https://prma.dev/posts/files-as-metadata-format
Comment linking /posts/files-as-metadata-format
on a deleted threadSubmitted When Assessing Software's Sustainability, Consider Developer's Snack as a story · 1 points
HN discussion