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Riley J. Shaw

Personal blog · rileyjshaw.com/blog · on HN as rileyjshawprogrammingdesign

Riley J. Shaw writes Highlights, a personal blog at rileyjshaw.com about programming and design. Since 2014, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Show HN: Terra, a JS framework for cellular automata and biological simulations”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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15mentions?
10HN people?
2014–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked in a Cellauto.js thread as similar to the author's Terra project, a cellular automata simulation. The only comment is a bare pointer, with no judgement of 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.

Riley J. Shaw is a programmer and designer. Rooted in repair and craft, he creates transparent, remixable tools for a sustainable and accessible future.

The author on HN?

rileyjshaw · 175 karma · member since 2013

rileyjshaw.com

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Show HN: Terra, a JS framework for cellular automata and biological simulations
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-08-23
  2. Show HN: Pop-up JavaScript challenges in your browser
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-04-30
  3. Stealing history with CSS binary trees
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-11-12
  4. 1125899906842624
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-03-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. johnhenry · 2015-06-30
    This is similar to: http://rileyjshaw.com/terra/

    Comment linking /terra/

    on “Cellauto.js – a library for creating cellular automata simulations in JavaScript”
  2. rileyjshaw · 2014-08-23

    Submitted Show HN: Terra, a JS framework for cellular automata and biological simulations as a story · 121 points

    HN discussion
  3. rileyjshaw · 2014-11-12

    Submitted Stealing history with CSS binary trees as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  4. rileyjshaw · 2014-03-10

    Submitted Window.clusterFuck as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. rileyjshaw · 2015-04-30

    Submitted Show HN: Pop-up JavaScript challenges in your browser as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. kevinwuhoo · 2014-08-25

    Submitted Sweep.js, smoother color transitions through the HSL and HUSL color spaces as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. evakhoury · 2026-04-15

    Submitted Introducing: ShaderPad as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. ajani · 2015-05-04

    Submitted Graphing depth as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. rileyjshaw · 2014-03-24

    Submitted Your Art Teacher Lied as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. rileyjshaw · 2014-03-22

    Submitted 1125899906842624 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. uniphil · 2014-03-13

    Submitted 1125899906842624 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. lepht · 2014-03-10

    Submitted Window.clusterfuck as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. amalantony06 · 2016-06-13

    Submitted Sniffing browser history with CSS binary trees (2015) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. fahimulhaq · 2015-05-15

    Submitted Challenger.js – Pop-up JavaScript challenges in your browser as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. luu · 2014-04-14

    Submitted Accidental Reset as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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