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rebecca®
Personal blog · becca.ooo/blogprogrammingsystems
rebecca® is a personal blog at becca.ooo about programming and systems. Since 2021, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-10, 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 this post on vertical integration, the argument that a terminal tool must build and maintain its own shims and custom tools to support its features. One comment cites it in a thread on terminal design.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-25
- Vertical integration is the only thing that matters2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-11-11
- So You Want to Ship a Command-Line Tool for macOS (2022)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-19
- Against Discord Channels2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-04
What Hacker News says?
> Great, now you just need to build and maintain shims for every tool in existence, force your users to use your own custom tools that support these features, and ensure that everything interoperates smoothly. Yes, this is the work. https://becca.ooo/blog/vertical-integration/
Comment linking /blog/vertical-integration/
on “The terminal of the future”Submitted macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support as a story · 273 points
HN discussionSubmitted Against Discord Channels as a story · 140 points
HN discussionSubmitted So You Want to Ship a Command-Line Tool for macOS (2022) as a story · 95 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vertical integration is the only thing that matters as a story · 37 points
HN discussionSubmitted Against Discord Channels as a story · 19 points
HN discussionSubmitted So You Want to Ship a Command-Line Tool for macOS as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted git-prole: an ergonomic git-worktree manager as a story · 3 points
HN discussion