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Ross Wintle
Personal blog · rosswintle.ukprogrammingproductivity
Ross Wintle's personal blog at rosswintle.uk covers programming and productivity. Since 2024, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Software Can Be Finished”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ross Wintle's posts on small static websites and on software that can be finished, such as his manifesto for small static web and 'Software Can Be Finished'. Commenters link them as related reading.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Software Can Be Finished7 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2025-10-13
- A manifesto for small, static, web apps2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-20
What Hacker News says?
This web app reminds me of the manifesto https://rosswintle.uk/2024/02/a-manifesto-for-small-static-w... , which I think is a good thing!
Comment linking /2024/02/a-manifesto-for-small-static-web-apps/
on “Show HN: TimeRetain – A browser-based personal time tracker, no sign-up needed”Submitted De-Clouding: Music as a story · 113 points
HN discussion> I am looking for something where I can keep my header and footer separate and then include them in every other page. As others have said, this is a perfect fit for SSI. You could also deploy a simple php page (just using php as a template engine with server side/host support). I've experimented with m4 for something similar in the past. I would probably recommend going with Hugo, though: https://discourse.gohugo.i…
Comment linking /2021/12/hang-on-php-is-a-static-site-generator/
on “Ask HN: What's the simplest static website generator?”Submitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 6 points
HN discussionRelated: Software Can Be Finished https://rosswintle.uk/2025/10/software-can-be-finished/ ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45568950 )
Comment linking /2025/10/software-can-be-finished/
on “I Miss When Software Ended”Submitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 4 points
HN discussionA good article on this idea: Software can be finished (Oct 2025) https://rosswintle.uk/2025/10/software-can-be-finished/
Comment linking /2025/10/software-can-be-finished/
on “I like when apps are "finished"”Submitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted One does not simply update one's dependencies as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My new favourite habit tracker is vibecoded and I don't know what to do about it as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Zig and the Zig Guy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trusting Code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A manifesto for small, static, web apps as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted YouSky: My one-person social network (Short version) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Can Be Finished as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Audio gear: a decent, portable mic for corporate video calls in a noisy room as a story · 1 points
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