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Skilldrick on skilldrick.co.uk

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Skilldrick on skilldrick.co.uk is a personal blog at skilldrick.co.uk about programming. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 36 times, most often “The end of progressive enhancement revisited”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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36mentions?
9HN people?
2010–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 27 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Skilldrick's posts on why JavaScript is awesome and a list of podcasts he listens to, which is recommended for developers. The posts are cited as support in discussions of PHP and podcasts.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

A blog about programming and related stuff

Most-linked posts?

  1. The end of progressive enhancement revisited
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-30
  2. JQuery vs DOM return false
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-03-24
  3. Podcasts I listen to
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-08-13
  4. Understanding the Ruby object model
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-08-09
  5. Why JavaScript is AWESOME
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-09-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. simonbrown · 2012-07-08
    They do. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/01.html http://skilldrick.co.uk/2010/09/why-javascript-is-awesome/

    Comment linking /2010/09/why-javascript-is-awesome/

    on “PHP: The Right Way”
  2. skilldrick · 2011-08-09

    Submitted Understanding the Ruby object model as a story · 43 points

    HN discussion
  3. AbyCodes · 2012-02-12Recommends
    No Podcast list is complete without mentioning Software engineering radio: http://se-radio.net This compilation of podcasts by Skilldrick has some real good ones: http://skilldrick.co.uk/2011/08/podcasts-i-listen-to/ Especially, The Changelog and FLOSS weekly. Also another small compilation from infoq: http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/archcasts I especially enjoy On Architecture with Grady Booch: http://www.compute…

    Comment linking /2011/08/podcasts-i-listen-to/

    on “Podcasts for Hackers”
  4. skilldrick · 2011-04-28

    Submitted Magic in software development as a story · 37 points

    HN discussion
  5. skilldrick · 2011-06-18

    Submitted You should learn to type (properly) as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  6. skilldrick · 2011-05-05

    Submitted JavaScript and the end of progressive enhancement as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  7. skilldrick · 2011-04-09

    Submitted Seven steps towards becoming a professional developer as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  8. skilldrick · 2011-02-22

    Submitted Why you should learn brainfuck (or: learn you a brainfuck for great good) as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  9. skilldrick · 2011-07-27

    Submitted Easy functional programming in JavaScript with Underscore.js -- part 1 as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  10. skilldrick · 2011-04-22

    Submitted Closures explained with JavaScript as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. skilldrick · 2011-02-14

    Submitted Zen and the art of statefulness as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  12. skilldrick · 2011-08-15

    Submitted Making inheritable objects in JavaScript without objects as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. skilldrick · 2011-08-13

    Submitted Podcasts I listen to as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. skilldrick · 2011-06-08

    Submitted The Ruby world is nuts as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. skilldrick · 2011-06-02

    Submitted JavaScript, JSON and modern web MVC as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. skilldrick · 2011-02-07

    Submitted Really really simple Ruby metaprogramming as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. tszming · 2010-09-07

    Submitted Why JavaScript is AWESOME as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. skilldrick · 2010-08-26

    Submitted Avoiding religion in programming as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. lsw-maxy · 2016-01-05

    Submitted Understanding the Ruby object model as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. skilldrick · 2011-10-24

    Submitted Three years on as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. skilldrick · 2011-09-19

    Submitted Understanding typeof, instanceof and constructor in JavaScript as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. skilldrick · 2011-08-05

    Submitted Reflections from a Kindle owner as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. skilldrick · 2011-07-29

    Submitted Easy functional programming in JavaScript with Underscore.js -- part 2 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. rgbrgb · 2011-04-22

    Submitted JQuery vs DOM return false as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. skilldrick · 2011-01-18

    Submitted Ruby vs JavaScript: functions, Procs, blocks and lambdas as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. skilldrick · 2010-12-30

    Submitted Clearing up the confusion around JavaScript references (with cats) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. chrisbroadfoot · 2010-11-24

    Submitted A brief introduction to closures as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. Isofarro · 2013-01-30

    Submitted The end of progressive enhancement revisited as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. skilldrick · 2011-09-26

    Submitted Closures vs Objects: FIGHT as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. tcard · 2011-09-23

    Submitted JavaScript Closures vs Objects: FIGHT! as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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