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Posixcafe Who's asking

Personal blog · posixcafe.org/blogssystemsprogramming

Posixcafe Who's asking is a personal blog at posixcafe.org about systems and programming. Since 2023, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Misconceptions about the Unix Philosophy”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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11mentions?
8HN people?
2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2026

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

Why HN links it

HN commenters link this blog as a how-to for diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE, and as a source for a Plan 9 discussion. No comment judges the writing itself.

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. Misconceptions about the Unix Philosophy
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-05-28
  2. Human Scale Software vs. Open Source
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. MisterTea · 2026-01-29
    Here you go: https://www.posixcafe.org/blogs/2024/01/04/0/

    Comment linking /blogs/2024/01/04/0/

    on “What is Plan 9?”
  2. moody__ · 2024-07-27

    Submitted Plan 9 is a uniquely complete operating system as a story · 152 points

    HN discussion
  3. MisterTea · 2026-05-07
    This is what I followed: https://posixcafe.org/blogs/2024/01/04/0/ However, at the moment my network is in shambles so I'm only running 9front for dhcp/dns/tftp. Lots of life things so I haven't had time to properly setup everything. Wi-Fi is handled through a freebie unifi AP friend gave me. I run the controller in a docker manually when needed.

    Comment linking /blogs/2024/01/04/0/

    on “Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE”
  4. todsacerdoti · 2024-01-02

    Submitted Running 9front on an emulated SGI Indy via MAME as a story · 123 points

    HN discussion
  5. xelxebar · 2025-05-28

    Submitted Misconceptions about the Unix Philosophy as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  6. j03b · 2026-04-07

    Submitted The usability of open source operating systems as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. moody__ · 2023-07-22

    Submitted NixOS and 9Front as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. signa11 · 2026-05-19

    Submitted Misconceptions about the Unix Philosophy as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. akiarie · 2026-01-06

    Submitted Human Scale Software vs. Open Source as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2024-08-23

    Submitted Human Scale Software vs. Open Source as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. moody__ · 2024-04-17

    Submitted Namespaces as Security Domains (2023) [pdf] as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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