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Roman's Notes

Personal blog · blog.rplasil.nameprogrammingsecurity

Roman's Notes is a personal blog at blog.rplasil.name about programming and security. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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3HN people?
2016–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a 2016 post on Couchsurfing's buyout and decline, written from a user's perspective, and for a curated list of high-quality learning resources.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Memdump of programming, programming cryptography, travelling and living (in) Hong Kong.

What Hacker News says?

  1. I couchsurfed in the US and Australia 2011 to 2013 and had a lot of amazing experiences. It had a profound impact on how I view the world and people. Here's a blog from the time of the buyout that I think some people might find interesting https://blog.rplasil.name/2016/02/the-fall-of-couchsurfing-a...

    Comment linking /2016/02/the-fall-of-couchsurfing-and-need-for.html?m=1

    on “Paradise lost: The rise and ruin of Couchsurfing.com”
  2. Submitted Roman's Notes: How to debug neovim python remote plugin as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. I've been collecting a similar little list as well, here it is on my blog: http://blog.rplasil.name/2016/06/my-list-of-high-quality-onl... Welcome any other (high-quality) additions!

    Comment linking /2016/06/my-list-of-high-quality-online-resources.html

    on “One Click to Be Pro: my list of the best resources for mastering a subject”

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