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PQVST
Personal blog · pqvst.com · on HN as pqvstprogrammingweb
PQVST is a personal blog at pqvst.com about programming and web. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times, most often “Demystifying Web Push Notifications”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link PQVST's posts about a MacBook Pro that needed over 10k USD in repairs and about Taipei's underground walkways. Comments cite them as a reference or example, with no judgement of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I build things
Most-linked posts?
- Demystifying Web Push Notifications2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-11-24
- Exploring Taipei Underground (longest underground walkable distance)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-29
- Building a SaaS Product in 1 Week2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-07-14
What Hacker News says?
I've slowly been migrating everything to self-hosted Umami, and wrote this overview and setup guide a while back: https://pqvst.com/2021/07/26/self-hosted-analytics-with-umam...
Comment linking /2021/07/26/self-hosted-analytics-with-umami-and-traefik/
on “Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?”Submitted My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs as a story · 276 points
HN discussionhttps://pqvst.com/2021/08/24/my-macbook-pro/#2019-03-23---ex... Were you using an Apple adapter when this happened?
Comment linking /2021/08/24/my-macbook-pro/
on “My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs”Submitted Hosted Monitoring: Evaluating InfluxDB Cloud and Grafana Cloud as a story · 71 points
HN discussionI looked at this person's homepage: https://pqvst.com/ Looks like they use their Mac a lot judging by all the projects they're working on. I have a strategy that is common to all hackers / nerds / technophiles and that is: having multiple devices for different things. It's common to see in hacker circles: This laptop is for gaming. This other laptop is for freelancing & business. My other laptop is for toying / tink…
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on “My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs”Submitted Monitoring DigitalOcean volume disk usage using Awk and Grafana as a story · 7 points
HN discussionA few other cities I've been to also have extensive pedestrian subway systems / skyway systems: Rochester MN: https://www.experiencerochestermn.com/planning-tools/getting... Taipei Taiwan: https://pqvst.com/2023/05/28/taipei-underground/ New York NY near the World Trade Center: (can't find an up-to-date map or article) Hong Kong near Central area: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design... They…
Comment linking /2023/05/28/taipei-underground/
on “A walk through Chicago Pedway (2017)”Submitted Fastmail Spam Learning Is Weird as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI've been using Grafana Cloud (free tier) for over a year now. Still very happy with it. I did a comparison with Influx Cloud: https://pqvst.com/2021/06/22/hosted-monitoring-evaluating-in... I also recently started using Logtail for one of my projects. They also have a good free-tier and it comes with a Grafana instance embedded, so that you can visualize metrics computed from your logs. Seems quite useful but haven…
Comment linking /2021/06/22/hosted-monitoring-evaluating-influx-and-grafana/
on “Ask HN: What metrics stack are you using for side projects”Submitted Transatlantic Coworking-Cruise on the Queen Mary 2 as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI shared my insane MBP repair history on HN last year (including 5 top-case replacements and 2 complete laptop replacements): https://pqvst.com/2021/08/24/my-macbook-pro/ Kind of funny, I'm still on my most recent replacement/repaired unit, and it's still working great since my AppleCare Protection Plan expired (knock on wood). But I guess it's only a matter of time until I'll have to buy a new one.
Comment linking /2021/08/24/my-macbook-pro/
on “US MacBook owners have two months to claim up to $395 over butterfly keyboard”Submitted Self-Hosted Analytics with Umami and Traefik as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a SaaS Product in 1 Week as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted DigitalOcean App Platform and Auto-Scaling as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Demystifying Web Push Notifications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Demystifying Web Push Notifications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building my own expense tracker as a PWA as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted RollerCoaster Tycoon (original) is still one of my all-time favorite games as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Going Multi-Region with Zero DevOps as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Exploring Taipei Underground (longest underground walkable distance) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I built a SaaS product in 1 week as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I use (and abuse) macOS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Custom Google Forms for your static website as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted DigitalOcean App Platform and Auto-Scaling as a story · 1 points
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