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Singlebrook
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Singlebrook is the company blog at singlebrook.com, writing about programming and web. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-08-12, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
A list of JavaScript tools and libraries grouped by category. HN readers link it as a roundup of JavaScript tooling, and one commenter discussed how it categorizes the libraries.
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Singlebrook builds custom web and mobile apps for businesses and startups. We love Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and React. Code with love!
What Hacker News says?
I did not find this list particularly useful. It is a nice attempt, but the way it categorizes libraries can be deceptive. I do not think anyone would consider bower and npm to be comparable projects, except in the most abstract sense. The same applies with node and express; one may as well conflate ruby with rails. That said, a lot of the tools are really good. I would, personally, argue that underscore is the most…
Comment linking /blog/simplify-your-javascript-with-underscorejs
on “A List of JavaScript Tools and Libraries”Submitted Putting Some 'ASS' in Sass as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Minimalist Drupal Development as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creating maintainable software: easy developer onboarding as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lightweight alternative to JavaScript breakpoints as a story · 1 points
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