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Simon Hartcher

Personal blog · simonhartcher.com/posts · on HN as deevusprogrammingai

Simon Hartcher's personal blog at simonhartcher.com covers programming and ai. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “My thoughts on Gas Town after 10k hours of Claude Code”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-15, and you can follow it by feed.

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18mentions?
4HN people?
2013–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2026

A senior engineer for founders who need one in the room — and on the keyboard. Fractional CTO, architecture reviews, and hands-on rescue for non-technical and VC-backed founders.

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deevus · 1,035 karma · member since 2012

Email: simon (at) simonhartcher.com [ my public key: https://keybase.io/deevus; my proof: https://keybase.io/deevus/sigs/-wnsIXenqN71kNC0UDL6iwYXTLSinFIXSyP39tEKsP8 ] 54227d

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Most-linked posts?

  1. My thoughts on Gas Town after 10k hours of Claude Code
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-19

What Hacker News says?

  1. deevus · 2015-09-28
    Thanks! I found this really cool, so I did my own version of the tutorial but using ES6 instead :) http://www.simonhartcher.com/getting-started-with-meteor-and...

    Comment linking /getting-started-with-meteor-and-react

    on “Getting started with Meteor and React”
  2. deevus · 2025-09-22

    Submitted I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework as a story · 406 points

    HN discussion
  3. deevus · 2026-01-15
    https://simonhartcher.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?”
  4. deevus · 2025-09-10

    Submitted Automate compile_flags for C/C++ projects on the Zig build system as a story · 43 points

    HN discussion
  5. deevus · 2023-07-05
    https://simonhartcher.com I post about mostly software development related stuff. I've been trying to reinvigorate it in 2023.

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”
  6. mpweiher · 2026-04-09

    Submitted Applying "Programming Without Pointers" to an mbox indexer using Zig as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. todsacerdoti · 2026-01-19

    Submitted Claude voice mode is still a joke in 2026 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. deevus · 2025-09-14

    Submitted A tool to pick the best time to post to Hacker News I made using Claude as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. deevus · 2026-04-15

    Submitted Testing OpenGraph on localhost from the CLI before you go public as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. mpweiher · 2026-04-10

    Submitted Applying "Programming Without Pointers" to an mbox indexer using Zig as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. birdculture · 2026-01-20

    Submitted My thoughts on Gas Town after 10k hours of Claude Code as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. todsacerdoti · 2026-01-19

    Submitted My thoughts on Gas Town after 10k hours of Claude Code as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. deevus · 2026-01-16

    Submitted My Projects in 2025 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. deevus · 2025-12-31

    Submitted Give your agentic processes a name as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. deevus · 2018-10-15

    Submitted How to Add JavaScript Bundling to an Existing MVC Project as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. deevus · 2015-03-10

    Submitted How to Build the Native Docker Client on Windows as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. deevus · 2013-11-17

    Submitted University (Upending My Life) and Some History as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. deevus · 2013-09-30

    Submitted Xbox Media Centre with Raspberry Pi as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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