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roguelynn
Personal blog · roguelynn.com · on HN as roguelynnprogrammingcareer
roguelynn is a personal blog at roguelynn.com about programming and career. Since 2012, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Explain like I’m 5: Kerberos (2013)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-02-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Lynn Root's posts on conference and community incidents, such as PyCon 2013 and EuroPython, and her Kerberos explainer as an accessible model for describing technical systems.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Explain like I’m 5: Kerberos (2013)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-04-02
- The Design of Everyday APIs (2022)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-04-21
What Hacker News says?
I really appreciate your thoughtful and thorough response! Most of my inaccuracies stem from the fast that I didn't see the challenge response part, it seemed like what the web services received was very static. It would be very beneficial if there was a easy to digest document of the auth flow. something like this guide for kerberos: https://www.roguelynn.com/words/explain-like-im-5-kerberos/
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on “LastPass Android app has got 7 trackers in it”Submitted Explain like I’m 5: Kerberos (2013) as a story · 305 points
HN discussion>I really could not imagine a similar reaction in Europe As far as I know, nobody was fired, but at last year's EuroPython a male participant was publicly shamed for twitting an "inappropriate" joke while eating at a restaurant[1]. [1] http://www.roguelynn.com/words/really/
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on “Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out”Submitted The Design of Everyday APIs (2022) as a story · 166 points
HN discussionMaybe he knows what Lynn Root did at last year's EuroPython[1][2] or how she complains about being only asked to talk about women issues[3] but when she got a spot in the lightning talk section she canceled it blaming the last day's "drama"[4]. [1] http://www.roguelynn.com/words/really/ [2] http://www.roguelynn.com/words/a-memorable-europython-for-th... [3] http://www.roguelynn.com/words/my-un-talk-at-djangocon/ [4]…
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on “$10,000 Raised for PyLadies at PyCon 2013”Submitted Crap I'm speaking at [insert conference here]. How do I prepare? as a story · 100 points
HN discussionSubmitted Explain like I'm 5: Kerberos as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Avoid Drowning: Swim your way through a new code base as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our Generation's Legos as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bookmarks for a Beginner Programmer as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted NetSec for n00bs, part I: Password Storage as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Design of Everyday APIs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted You ask why I need to talk about women in the Python community? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tracing, Fast and Slow as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Explain like I’m 5: Kerberos as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Community FTW the How as a story · 1 points
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