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Shimon Rura
Personal blog · rura.org/blog · on HN as shimonprogrammingcareer
Shimon Rura's personal blog at rura.org covers programming and career. Since 2006, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Workspace+Exercise Hack: The Treadmill Desk”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's motivational piece "Everything is my fault", which a commenter discusses alongside the ArsDigita case as an example of taking blame. The commenter questions the framing.
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.
Shimon Rura is a software product guy, dad, husband, and all-around geek living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Most-linked posts?
- Workspace+Exercise Hack: The Treadmill Desk2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2008-01-27
What Hacker News says?
Taking the blame sure beats blaming others (see tragic case of Philip Greenspun's ArsDigita http://rura.org/blog/category/businesscompaniesarsdigita/ ) Having said that, and realizing this is a motivational piece "It's my fault" is a complex statement (combining loaded notions of Self & Fault), and some interpretations allows (you or others) to sweep real issues under the carpet. When sh*t happens the real thing to…
Comment linking /blog/category/businesscompaniesarsdigita/
on “Everything is my fault”Submitted I spent a week building a game on AppEngine. Here's what I learned. as a story · 18 points
HN discussionThe most important thing for your wrists is to keep the bones in your palm relatively straight with respect to your forearm. If you bend your wrists up, bad things can happen. I work about 8h per day while walking slowly on a treadmill: http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-... In that configuration, I need a keyboard tray that's angled away from me at a somewhat sharp angle, so I can keep my w…
Comment linking /blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/
on “Ask YC: tendonitis at a startup?”Submitted How Product Managers Lose the Trust of Engineers as a story · 9 points
HN discussionI've been using a treadmill desk for about 8 months now: http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-... Once I knew I'd be using the treadmill long-term, I bought a Nordic Track A2350 treadmill online, along with a 4-year extended warranty (added to the year that's already included). There is little chance the treadmill will actually last through 5 years of 5-8h daily usage, so I expect to get my va…
Comment linking /blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/
on “Ask YC: How do you lose weight?”- pg · 2006-12-14
Submitted Productivity Surges During Reddit Downtime as a story · 3 points
HN discussion Submitted Workspace+Exercise Hack: The Treadmill Desk as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted DIY Treadmill Desk: Exercise for the Sake of Hacking as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
