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Q42 Engineering is the company blog at engineering.q42.nl, writing about programming and web. Since 2019, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “Migrating a JavaScript Library from JavaScript to WebAssembly”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-20, and you can follow it by feed.

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26mentions?
19HN people?
2019–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2020

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link Q42 Engineering's post as a production development story about using AssemblyScript, a TypeScript variant that targets WebAssembly.

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.

In-depth blog posts by developers of Dutch digital production studio Q42: from solving front-end and back-end challenges to building neat mobile features, pragmatic IoT solutions and user-friendly digital experiences.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Migrating a JavaScript Library from JavaScript to WebAssembly
    5 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2020-09-29
  2. Why “Always use UTC” is bad advice
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-10-09
  3. Big Images, Fast
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-01-21
  4. Transitioning to SwiftUI with Server Driven UI in the HEMA App
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-11-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. maxgraey · 2020-12-19Recommends
    Great dev story about using AssemblyScript in production: https://engineering.q42.nl/webassembly

    Comment linking /webassembly

    on “AssemblyScript: A variant of TypeScript targeting WebAssembly”
  2. Submitted Migrating a JavaScript Library from JavaScript to WebAssembly as a story · 210 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Effortless Security on the Web as a story · 7 points

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  4. Submitted Why “Always use UTC” is bad advice as a story · 6 points

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  5. Submitted From JavaScript to WebAssembly as a story · 4 points

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  6. Submitted Why “Always use UTC” is bad advice as a story · 3 points

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  7. Submitted Discovering Server Driven UI as a story · 3 points

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  8. Submitted A wild Demogorgon just wrecked your Kubernetes cluster as a story · 3 points

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  9. Submitted Faster feature implementation with Server Driven UI as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted Hacking the Parking Gate as a story · 2 points

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  11. Submitted Going from JavaScript to WebAssembly in three steps (2020) as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted Big Images, Fast as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted Going from JavaScript to WebAssembly in three steps as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Migrating a JavaScript Library from JavaScript to WebAssembly as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Why “Always use UTC” is bad advice as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Why “Always use UTC” is bad advice as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Transitioning to SwiftUI with Server Driven UI in the HEMA App as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Transitioning to SwiftUI with Server Driven UI in the HEMA App as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Revolutionising the way art collections are presented and experienced online as a story · 1 points

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  20. Submitted Big images, blazingly fast as a story · 1 points

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  21. Submitted Running WebAssembly as a Hyperscaled Edge Service as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted Help, Our Karaoke Machine Is on Fire as a story · 1 points

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  23. Submitted Big Images, Fast as a story · 1 points

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  24. Submitted Going from JavaScript to WebAssembly in three steps as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Migrating a JavaScript Library from JavaScript to WebAssembly as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted The beautiful headache called event sourcing as a story · 1 points

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