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Sean Fioritto

Personal blog · planningforaliens.com/blog · on HN as SMrFstartupsprogramming

Sean Fioritto's personal blog at planningforaliens.com covers startups and programming. Since 2010, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Why JavaScript development is crazy”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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18mentions?
12HN people?
2010–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked for a post arguing that large JavaScript frameworks are designed for very large applications and are often wrongly used on simple sites where jQuery and Bootstrap would be faster. Only one footnote link appears in the comments.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

The personal website of Sean Fioritto

The author on HN?

SMrF · 816 karma · member since 2009

My name is Sean Fioritto. Why did I create this account if I never say anything? http://www.planningforaliens.com | @sfioritto email: sean@planningforaliens.com

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Why JavaScript development is crazy
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-04-12
  2. When to use a JavaScript framework
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-06-10

What Hacker News says?

  1. I think what drives me nuts is that so often jQuery+Bootstrap would deliver a faster quicker product. While the big frameworks are incredible, they really are designed [1] for really large applications, ala Angular and Gmail. But, I see them being pushed onto what would otherwise be very simple projects: static websites, sites with a single contact form, etc. 1 - http://www.planningforaliens.com/blog/2016/04/11/why-…

    Comment linking /blog/2016/04/11/why-js-development-is-crazy/

    on “This Week in Rails: jQuery no longer part of Rails, and more”
  2. Submitted How patio11 redesigned my landing page in front of a live studio audience as a story · 80 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Why JavaScript development is crazy as a story · 35 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Nothing sucks the joy out of programming like a job as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Why JavaScript Development Is Crazy? as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted GitHub Ghost Towns as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The Infamous Angular Learning Curve as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted 3,111 email addresses and $15,798: The story of my first successful product as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted When to use a JavaScript framework as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Should You Ever Use a JavaScript Framework? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Should you ever use a JavaScript framework? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Why JavaScript development is crazy as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted The infamous Angular learning curve as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Lessons learned from my first successful product as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted How to decide what business to start as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted Starting up with a day job isn't that bad. as a story · 2 points

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  17. Submitted WHY JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPMENT IS CRAZY as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Programming is tripping on stairs, every day as a story · 1 points

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