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Sean Coates

Personal blog · seancoates.com/blogsprogrammingwebhardware

Sean Coates's personal blog at seancoates.com covers programming, web and hardware. Since 2008, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “IoT: Internet-Optional Things”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-13, and you can follow it by feed.

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16mentions?
10HN people?
2008–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2021

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked in HN comments as a source on a startup's move from CouchDB to MongoDB, and as a Vermont beer hit list. Comments only cite or link the posts, with no judgement of the writing.

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?

  1. IoT: Internet-Optional Things
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-01-04
  2. How I helped fix Canadaʼs Covid Alert app
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-08-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. mhils · 2021-07-16
    We have a super diverse userbase, so this is a fun question! Some pointers: Development: - Debug your own apps/devices (which do not come with Chrome Devtools). - Simple Python scripts to replace/inject website content. ( https://docs.mitmproxy.org/stable/addons-overview/ ) - Capture a web page/API and then replay the responses offline. ( https://docs.mitmproxy.org/stable/overview-features/#server-... ). - Replay re…

    Comment linking /blogs/how-i-helped-fix-canadas-covid-alert-app

    on “Mitmproxy 7.0”
  2. todsacerdoti · 2024-03-28

    Submitted You can't leak users' data if you don't hold it as a story · 464 points

    HN discussion
  3. scoates · 2017-03-02
    FWIW, I recently wrote up my Vermont hit list: https://seancoates.com/blogs/vermont/ Need to make a trip down there as soon as possible. I'm getting thirsty.

    Comment linking /blogs/vermont/

    on “The story of Heady Topper, Americas most loved craft beer”
  4. todsacerdoti · 2020-08-24

    Submitted How I helped fix Canadaʼs Covid Alert app as a story · 253 points

    HN discussion
  5. shiflett · 2011-08-10
    Here are two relevant posts from a startup that migrated from CouchDB to MongoDB: http://seancoates.com/blogs/gimme-bar-no-longer-on-couchdb http://seancoates.com/blogs/gimme-bar-on-mongodb

    Comment linking /blogs/gimme-bar-on-mongodb

    on “Comparing Mongo DB and Couch DB”
  6. tswicegood · 2010-11-30

    Submitted Remote pbcopy as a story · 35 points

    HN discussion
  7. henning · 2008-11-12

    Submitted Is pagination still necessary? as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  8. scoates · 2022-02-18

    Submitted Microcontroller-Modified Microphone as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  9. tswicegood · 2012-05-14

    Submitted PHP as a templating language as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  10. todsacerdoti · 2021-01-04

    Submitted IoT: Internet-Optional Things as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. speckx · 2026-09-14

    Submitted Yulbbs as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. headalgorithm · 2024-02-28

    Submitted Exists Is the Enemy of Good as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. ambirex · 2012-10-30

    Submitted Web developer as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. headalgorithm · 2021-01-05

    Submitted IoT: Internet-Optional Things as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. soundsop · 2009-01-13

    Submitted The Problem with AIR: A love-hate rant as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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