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Personal blog · rixx.de/blogprogrammingculture

rixx.de is a personal blog at rixx.de about programming and culture. Since 2018, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “On Running a Mastodon Instance”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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8mentions?
6HN people?
2018–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2022

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

Why HN links it

Linked in a "share your personal site" thread as the main site for long-form writing. The commenter also points to subdomains for book reviews, experimental writing, a CV, and trip planning.

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.

I'm the author of pretalx, a speaker at various conferences, and a member of the Django Software Foundation. In my free time I organise events like Chaos Communication Congress, DjangoCon Europe, or M

Most-linked posts?

  1. On Running a Mastodon Instance
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-24
  2. How to Ignore Most Startup Advice and Build a Decent Software Business
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-26

What Hacker News says?

  1. rixx · 2022-04-08
    https://rixx.de But that's just the main site / long-form writing. My most active site is https://books.rixx.de (all my book reviews, static site built off Markdown + frontmatter), and then there's https://ramble.rixx.de for experimental writing, https://dev.rixx.de as CV and customer pitch, https://fernweh.rixx.de to plan upcoming trips … making small subdomain-scoped projects is a lot of fun.

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Share your personal site”
  2. luu · 2022-11-13

    Submitted On Running a Mastodon Instance as a story · 29 points

    HN discussion
  3. Kye · 2022-10-24

    Submitted On Running a Mastodon Instance (2021) as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  4. ngrilly · 2018-07-27

    Submitted How to Ignore Most Startup Advice and Build a Decent Software Business as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. luu · 2022-11-14

    Submitted Traversing the Python Standard Library Documentation as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. todsacerdoti · 2020-11-29

    Submitted First Sunday of Advent: Built-In Functions as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. jordigh · 2018-07-26

    Submitted How to Ignore Most Startup Advice and Build a Decent Software Business as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. luu · 2023-06-22

    Submitted While History: Continue as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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