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Richard W. Bown

Personal blog · richardwbown.com · on HN as bowniewritingprogrammingcareer

Richard W. Bown's personal blog at richardwbown.com covers writing, programming and career. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.

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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2023

Richard W. Bown is a writer, programmer and the author of Human Software - a novel about data centres, AI and dark corporate dealings.

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https://richardwbown.com

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  1. Submitted Pull Requests Cause Friction as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted How to Be a Better Software Engineer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Building Resilience: How to form lasting psychological safety as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Why Developer Productivity Is the Wrong Question as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted A Younger Model, a Local Model – An Open Door by Richard W. Bown as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Why Did I Write a Novel about IT and Software Engineering? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted How to Embrace Complexity and Uncertainty in Programming as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Avoiding Toxicity: How to Manage Cognitive Load as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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