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Rob Larsen

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Rob Larsen's personal blog at drunkenfist.com covers web and programming. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Faster sites mean users do more stuff”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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7mentions?
5HN people?
2008–2009first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2008

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

Why HN links it

Linked in a 2008 HN thread on data center overload, the post is about front-end web performance. The comment is a bare link with no commentary on 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.

The Mastermind

Most-linked posts?

  1. Faster sites mean users do more stuff
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-12-31

What Hacker News says?

  1. http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2008/12/29/why-front-end-perf...

    Comment linking /304/2008/12/29/why-front-end-performance-matters-to-everyone/

    on “Data Center Overload”
  2. Submitted Faster sites mean users do more stuff as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Say Hello to JavaScript’s Native getElementsByClassName as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted A JavaScript Curiosity Regarding addEventListener as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Some Internet Explorer Innovations You Probably Forgot About While Waiting for IE6 To Die as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted YSlow Performance Grades for 200 Top Web Sites as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Umberto Eco Knew All About Twitter Way Back in 1980 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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