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Ruan Yifeng
Personal blog · ruanyifeng.com/blogprogrammingwriting
Ruan Yifeng writes 阮一峰的网络日志, a personal blog at ruanyifeng.com about programming and writing. Since 2008, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments link Ruan Yifeng's blog for a Chinese translation of a startup essay and his Chinese translation of Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics story. None judge the writing itself.
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.
What Hacker News says?
Chinese translation: http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2008/12/why_to_start_a_startu...
Comment linking /blog/2008/12/why_to_start_a_startup_in_a_bad_economy.html
on “Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy”Submitted How hack news rank works as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI thought it would mention "The distance of the Moon", the first (and one of my favourites) short story from Italo Calvino's "Cosmicomics". http://www.ruanyifeng.com/calvino/2007/07/ch_1_the_distance_...
Comment linking /calvino/2007/07/ch_1_the_distance_of_the_moon.html
on “Raising a Ladder to the Moon, Under the Sea”So, we have to hope that those in power will effectively regulate themselves? Like Apple and Microsoft and Google and FaceBook, etc can effectively regulate themselves? The point is there is simply no accountability for those in power because there is no sacrifice needed in order to gain that power. Gaining political power is 100% a financial move these days, and has nothing to do with passing legislation that is "b…
Comment linking /calvino/2008/12/beheading_the_heads_en.html
on “Pelosi buckles, pushes stock-trading ban”