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LUU.IO is a personal blog at luu.io about programming and web. Since 2016, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Don't Use Booleans”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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19mentions?
10HN people?
2016–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2025

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The only comment links a 2019 post titled "Don't Use Booleans" and says the original link was not found. Comments say nothing about the writing itself.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Don't Use Booleans
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-12-17
  2. One of the best investments I made as a developer: a standing desk
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-09-23
  3. On reviewing code
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-06-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Post dont-use-booleans not found . Might be: https://www.luu.io/posts/2019-dont-use-booleans The HN entry has 3 up votes demonstrating the Dead Internet Theory

    Comment linking /posts/2019-dont-use-booleans

    on “Don't Use Booleans”
  2. Submitted Dear web developers: set the font color, too as a story · 180 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Wrong ways to use the databases, when the pendulum swung too far as a story · 103 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Don't use booleans (2019) as a story · 102 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Don't Use Booleans as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Don't Use Booleans as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Bicycle chain wax starter guide as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted From Rust to WebAssembly: building an interactive note-taking app as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted One common behavior seen in “mature” software engineers as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted The case for (and against) “new hip” technology stacks as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted One of the best investments I made as a developer: a standing desk as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted There's no need to over engineer a URL shortener as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Time-based one time password is surprisingly simple as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Don’t Use Booleans as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted On reviewing code as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted There's no need to over engineer a URL shortener as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted On reviewing code–Some practices I've found useful as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Random .NET Fact: String.Jointhrows a “fake” OutOfMemoryException as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted One of the best investments I made as a developer: a standing desk as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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