Top all-time · #20599
Ramblings of a cloud engineer
Personal blog · skarlso.github.ioprogrammingsystems
Ramblings of a cloud engineer is a personal blog at skarlso.github.io about programming and systems. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Practical summary of the book Programmer's Brain”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link it in a list of resources on programming language economics and developer productivity, alongside Paul Graham's essay on the makers' schedule. The comment only lists links and does not judge the writing.
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.
Welcome to my little corner of the internet
Most-linked posts?
- Practical summary of the book Programmer's Brain2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-27
- The habit of analog journaling – Why the digital format did not work for me2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-05
What Hacker News says?
related general info links https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/functional-vs-non-functional-r... https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/non-functional-requirements-in... economics of programming languages : https://www.welton.it/articles/programming_language_economic... makers schedule; managers schedule : http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html https://daedtech.com/programmers-teach-non-geeks-the-true-co... https://skarlso.…
Comment linking /2021/11/27/summary-of-programmers-brain/
on “Ask HN: Are there any studies that compare expression/statement based languages?”Submitted Re: My AI skeptic friends are all nuts as a story · 104 points
HN discussionSubmitted Missing out on jobs because of LeetCode as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: My 20-year-long journey from Tester to Software Engineer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Practical summary of the book Programmer's Brain as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted MFA/TOTP Generator extension for external secrets operator as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted In-depth look at CRDs how they work and how they are registered as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: Tracking tasks with Obsidian's daily page as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Turned my dynamic website into a static WASM SPA using Go as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-Signed locally trusted certificates with cert-manager as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: Digital and Analog Notetaking Together as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: Rapid Kubernetes Controller Development with Tilt and Silly Drawings as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Forming the habit of analog journaling – Why digital format did not work for me as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The habit of analog journaling – Why the digital format did not work for me as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to deploy a Go and React app on Kubernetes separalty with (silly) drawings as a story · 1 points
HN discussion