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Raymond Hettinger

Personal blog · rhettinger.wordpress.com · on HN as raymondhprogramming

Raymond Hettinger's personal blog at rhettinger.wordpress.com covers programming. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Python’s super() considered super”. The last post was in 2011, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
5HN people?
2011–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers point to Raymond Hettinger's blog as a source of his Python writing, such as his posts on Python's super(), and one commenter lists him among developers they follow.

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.

Ruminations on Computers, Programming and Life

The author on HN?

raymondh · 2,430 karma · member since 2010

Highlights: * CEO of Mutable Minds, Inc. (a training and consulting company) * Python Distinguished Service Award * Past Python Software Foundation (PSF) board member * Private pilot (single engine land and sailplanes) * Certified Public Accountant * Certified Internal Auditor * Python Core Developer * Husband to Rachel * Father to Matthew Python training video series, "Modern Python: Big Ideas, Little Code" available for free to Safari On-line subscribers: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/…

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Python’s super() considered super
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-01-04
  2. Wield Python's super() like a Jedi
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-26

What Hacker News says?

  1. This is fun. Here's mine: - Brad fitzpatrick -- http://bradfitz.com/ - Julia Evans -- https://jvns.ca - Raymond Hettinger -- https://rhettinger.wordpress.com/ - Rich Hickey -- https://changelog.com/posts/rich-hickeys-greatest-hits - Peter Bourgon -- https://peter.bourgon.org/ - Rebecca Murphey -- https://rmurphey.com/ - Daniel Greenfield -- https://www.twoscoopspress.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?”
  2. Submitted Wield Python's super() like a Jedi as a story · 141 points

    HN discussion
  3. Raymond's semi-recent writings on super: http://rhettinger.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/super-considered-...

    Comment linking /2011/05/26/super-considered-super/

    on “Good to Great Python reads”
  4. Submitted Use the Source Luke: Challenge to Open Source Devs as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Python’s super() considered super (2011) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Python’s super() considered super as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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