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pointsource.com is the company blog at pointsource.com, writing about programming and web. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “BlueOak Server: An Express-Based, Swagger-Embracing, Server Runtime with Node.js”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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13mentions?
5HN people?
2015–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2016

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

Why HN links it

Linked in HN threads for a write-up of an IoT foosball table built with break-beam sensors, an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi, and as an example of a B2B landing page microsite.

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?

  1. BlueOak Server: An Express-Based, Swagger-Embracing, Server Runtime with Node.js
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-02-09
  2. Best Practices for API Development with Swagger (Open API)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-02-17

What Hacker News says?

  1. IoT Foosball Table - http://www.pointsource.com/blog/pointsource-foosball-buildin... The table uses break beam sensors, an Arduino, and a Raspberry Pi to send score events to Node-RED instance running in Bluemix. A StrongLoop server in Bluemix acts as the app server, and a Cordova/AngularJS app allows users to identify themselves as the game players, follow the leaderboard, and monitor game scores remotely. We're us…

    Comment linking /blog/pointsource-foosball-building-iot-integration-on-ibm-bluemix

    on “Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL”
  2. Submitted 4 Successful App Architecture Strategies as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. I'm biased on this one: http://www.pointsource.com/sites/microsites/index.html#/insu... ... so it would also be interesting to have some feedback :-)

    Comment linking /sites/microsites/index.html

    on “Ask HN: What are some examples of great B2B landing pages?”
  4. Submitted BlueOak Server: An Express-Based, Swagger-Embracing, Server Runtime with Node.js as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Best Practices for API Development with Swagger (Open API) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted BlueOak: Node.js accelerator as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Creating a microservice-like aggregation tier with node packages as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Third-Party Services in BlueOak Server (starting with Bos-Couchdb) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted 3 Best practices for API development with swagger as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Mobile web, app, or device? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Strongloop and Node.js Development as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted 3 Reasons for Facebook's Beacon Initiative as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Apple Watch Development Overview as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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