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Personal blog · simplicidade.org/notesprogrammingother

Notes is a personal blog at simplicidade.org about programming. Since 2009, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.

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2009–2011first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2009

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog's notes for a shell tip: setting up git bash completion and putting the branch name in the PS1 prompt. Only one linking comment, which cites the post without judging it.

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.

What Hacker News says?

  1. Setup git bash completion + put the branch name in your PS1 (previously mentioned on HN). http://www.simplicidade.org/notes/archives/2008/02/git_bash_...

    Comment linking /notes/archives/2008/02/git_bash_comple.html

    on “Ask HN: Little things/tools that improved your work or life lately?”
  2. Submitted Asynchronous extension hooks with Perl as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Merging two unrelated Git repositories as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Notes: Smart TVs as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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