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Sean Killeen
Personal blog · seankilleen.com · on HN as SeanKilleenprogrammingcareer
Sean Killeen writes SeanKilleen.com, a personal blog at seankilleen.com about programming and career. Since 2013, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “Tips to Help Yourself Stand Out During a Tech Job Search”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-05-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment says the post 'Now Running on Cloudflare' seems down and does not judge the writing. The post is about the author's site running on Cloudflare.
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.
Ramblings on bytes and life.
Most-linked posts?
- Tips to Help Yourself Stand Out During a Tech Job Search2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-06
- How to Write a Successful Job Description for a Developer Role2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-05
What Hacker News says?
In case it's helpful / relevant for folks, wanted to share a few things I do: * OPML is a format that bundles feeds together to share with others. * I publish an automated list of the feeds I'm subscribed to on my blog. [1] * I pay for Feedly ($50/year and I don't regret it) which has API access, and I use an Azure function to produce it. I have a blog post if you're interested in setting something like that up for…
Comment linking /2019/01/tutorial-reading-list-feedly-azure-functions/
on “I ditched the algorithm for RSS”Submitted "It's the (Backblaze) restores that fail." as a story · 31 points
HN discussionThis article entitled Now Running on Cloudflare seems down https://seankilleen.com/2016/12/now-running-on-cloudflare/
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on “Cloudflare Network Performance Issues”Submitted How to Leave a Company Well as a story · 11 points
HN discussionJira is a perfect example of how culture influences tools. I've seen and been a part of environments where I agreed with this sentiment, and also where I felt the opposite. The difference between those places: whether a culture empowers its teams to think on their own and succeed. In the places where I've hated Jira, it's been locked into overly complicated workflows that didn't match what I needed; into the inabili…
Comment linking /2024/01/how-i-created-an-automated-and-humane-hiring-process-using-jira/
on “I Fucking Hate Jira (2022)”Submitted Tips to Help Yourself Stand Out During a Tech Job Search as a story · 3 points
HN discussionPrecisely the point I'm making. It was hubris and laziness and I'm surprised that I let myself go that long. In a follow-up article I discuss an overview of what I'll be doing going forward: http://www.seankilleen.com/2014/01/my-newest-backup-system-p...
Comment linking /2014/01/my-newest-backup-system-process-lessons.html
on “"It's the (Backblaze) restores that fail."”Submitted Tips to Help Yourself Stand Out During a Tech Job Search as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttps://SeanKilleen.com
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted My Current Approach to Software Delivery as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My New Reading Workflow as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beautiful .NET Test Reports Using GitHub Actions as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Shrink Your Meeting "Feedback Loops" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Power of Thinking About “The Thing After the Thing” as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ensuring Santa’s Success with Automated Tests (C# Advent 2021) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Better Technical Interviews: Part 1 – What’s the Point? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tutorial: An Automated Reading List with Feedly and Azure Functions as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Keep an ‘Accomplishments / Good Stuff’ List as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How (and Why) to Lobby Companies to Support .NET OSS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Can We Accelerate the .NET OSS Ecosystem? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Write a Successful Job Description for a Developer Role as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Write a Successful Job Description for a Developer Role as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Moq and Our Part in the OSS Sustainability Social Contract as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mr. Rogers: Can you say hero? as a story · 1 points
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