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Sam Pizzey
Personal blog · pizzey.me/blogsecuritybusiness
Sam Pizzey's personal blog at pizzey.me covers security and business. Since 2017, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “I didn't try to break Companies House”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Sam Pizzey's posts as the registrant's own explanation of how he came to register the UK company name "; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD" with Companies House, a Bobby Tables-style joke.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The personal website of Sam Pizzey.
Most-linked posts?
- I didn't try to break Companies House9 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2021-07-12
- No, I didn't try to break Companies House2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-01-03
What Hacker News says?
Here is the explanation from the company founder: https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho... (Disclaimer: Link copied from desas but needed to be top level comment.)
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD”Submitted No, I didn't try to break Companies House as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYeah intentionally so. https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho...
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD”Submitted I didn't try to break Companies House as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe registrant himself: https://pizzey.me/blog/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-hou...
Comment linking /blog/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “Drop Table Companies Ltd”He wrote a blogpost about it https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho...
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “Drop Table “Companies”;– LTD”From https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho... The company name is a bit of hacker sleight-of-hand… or as some astute people have put it, it’s ‘wrong’. Of course it’s wrong - I’m not a /total/ arsehole. :
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “Drop Table “Companies”;– LTD”Blog on it by the company founder: https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho...
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “Drop Table “Companies”;– LTD”https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho... previously ; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27815396 - July 2021 (30 comments) Drop Table “Companies”;-- LTD - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21534156 - Nov 2019 (7 comments) Drop Table “Companies”;– LTD - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20583540 - Aug 2019 (2 comments) Drop Table Companies Ltd - https://…
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “A real case of Bobby Tables?”This is the company in question: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c... And a post from the person who registered it https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho...
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “A real case of Bobby Tables?”"No, I didn't try to break Companies House" https://pizzey.me/posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-ho...
Comment linking /posts/no-i-didnt-try-to-break-companies-house/
on “A real case of Bobby Tables?”
