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Ponderous Programmer
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Ponderous Programmer is a personal blog at ponderousprog.blogspot.com about programming and career. Since 2008, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-11, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread on the essay "You weren't meant to have a boss" as a follow-up reading. The commenter says the post is a good read and that it prompted them to reflect on the essay differently.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog about programming, process, and organizational awesomeness.
What Hacker News says?
Personally I think I saw what you were talking about - and by your notes I certainly interpreted this essay differently then some folk. Yours was a good read - and given other 'coincidences' made me think. Thanks, Joe http://ponderousprog.blogspot.com/2008/03/to-tree-or-not-to-...
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