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RackN
Company blog · rackn.comsystemsprogramming
RackN is the company blog at rackn.com, writing about systems and programming. Since 2017, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link RackN to suggest its Digital Rebar product as an alternative for infrastructure automation and deployment. The comments do not discuss 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.
The RackN Digital Rebar platform scales IaC automation with reusable workflows that can be deployed on any platform.
What Hacker News says?
Have you checked out Digital Rebar? I’d be interested in hearing anyone’s experiences with it. https://rackn.com/rebar/
Comment linking /rebar/
on “Why we decided for and against Ubuntu Core”Submitted Podcast: Justin Garrison on Cloud Native Infra, Immutability,& Observability as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIf you're looking for a similar, commercially supported product, checkout RackN Digital Rebar: https://www.rackn.com . Similar concept, vastly easier deployment/HA/GitOps/multi-tenancy story.
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on “StackStorm: Event-driven automation”Submitted The Complexity Apocalypse: Pandora's Box or Jevons Paradox? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Platform engineering is not just for devs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Manage Complexity Like an Expert – In 4 Easy Steps as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Time waster or hero? Five ways to be both as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Immutable Deployment Challenges for DevOps as a story · 1 points
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