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Smashing Boxes

Company blog · smashingboxes.com/blogprogrammingstartups

Smashing Boxes is the company blog at smashingboxes.com, writing about programming and startups. Since 2011, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “Domain Logic in Rails”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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31mentions?
15HN people?
2011–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this agency blog for its framework comparison posts, such as one on choosing a front-end framework, and a post on keeping domain logic out of ActiveRecord in Rails. Most mentions are job listings.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Human-led AI product development studio helping founders and innovators rapidly prototype, validate, and launch breakthrough technology in weeks.

Most-linked posts?

  1. /careers/
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-02-01
  2. Domain Logic in Rails
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-07
  3. CHOOSING a FRONT END FRAMEWORK: ANGULAR VS. EMBER VS. REACT
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-04-01
  4. Choosing a front-end framework: angular vs. react vs. ember
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-10-23
  5. Back End and Systems Software Developer
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Grangar · 2016-09-15Recommends
    Not definitive, but there are a lot of good comparisons: http://smashingboxes.com/blog/choosing-a-front-end-framework... https://www.developereconomics.com/feature-comparison-of-4-p... https://www.developereconomics.com/comparison-4-popular-java...

    Comment linking /blog/choosing-a-front-end-framework-angular-ember-react

    on “Angular 2 Final Released”
  2. reedlaw · 2012-10-12

    Submitted Heroku vs. AWS Revisited as a story · 52 points

    HN discussion
  3. zach-kuhn · 2017-02-01
    Smashing Boxes | Multiple Positions | Durham NC, New Orleans LA | ONSITE https://smashingboxes.com/ Who we're looking for: - iOS Developers - QA Engineers - Designers - Project Managers - Digital Marketing Interns Smashing Boxes is a digital product agency with locations in Raleigh-Durham and New Orleans. Our team is growing and we're looking for people who are curious, kind, creative, and great at what they do. We…

    Comment linking /careers/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)”
  4. reedlaw · 2012-04-11

    Submitted Ruby programming challenge as job application as a story · 40 points

    HN discussion
  5. zach-kuhn · 2017-10-03
    Smashing Boxes | Multiple Positions | Durham, NC; New Orleans, LA; Washington, DC | Full-time | ONSITE | https://smashingboxes.com/careers/ Who we're looking for: - Front End Developers (Washington, DC) - iOS Developers (Durham, NC or New Orleans, LA) - Android Developers (Durham, NC) - Ruby on Rails Developers (Durham, NC) Smashing Boxes is a digital product agency founded in Raleigh-Durham and with another office…

    Comment linking /careers/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)”
  6. reedlaw · 2012-06-04

    Submitted Heroku vs. Amazon Web Services as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. l_allen · 2017-12-03
    Smashing Boxes | Durham, NC or New Orleans, LA | Full-Time | Onsite Smashing Boxes ( https://smashingboxes.com/ ) is a digital product agency and we're looking for a variety of positions. Some technologies we use and have used are React, Redux, Ruby on Rails, Node, Elixir, and Kotlin. Currently we're looking for the following: - Front End Developers - Back End Developers - Project Managers - Android Developers Check…

    Comment linking /careers/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)”
  8. mariajoyner · 2019-06-11

    Submitted Rails and React Monorepo: A Perfect Balance of Speed and Sustainability as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. zach-kuhn · 2016-04-01
    Smashing Boxes | Durham, NC; New Orleans, LA | Fulltime | ONSITE | http://smashingboxes.com/ Who we're looking for: - Java Developers (Durham, NC or New Orleans, LA) - iOS Developers (Durham, NC or New Orleans, LA) Smashing Boxes is a digital product agency located in Raleigh-Durham and has recently expanded to New Orleans. Our team is growing and we're looking for folks who are curious, kind, creative, and great at…

    Comment linking /jobs

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)”
  10. zach-kuhn · 2016-04-12

    Submitted Choosing Your Future Tech Stack: Clojure vs. Elixir vs. Go as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. reedlaw · 2011-01-31
    Research Triangle Park, NC (or remote, anywhere) - http://www.smashingboxes.com/ Work with me and a few others building and maitaining Ruby on Rails applications. We are a small firm doing mostly client work from big projects to small in a variety of fields from academic to fitness. Looking for full-time remote workers or college interns. Contact me at reed at smashingboxes dot com.

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)”
  12. AJAlabs · 2016-04-01

    Submitted CHOOSING a FRONT END FRAMEWORK: ANGULAR VS. EMBER VS. REACT as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. reedlaw · 2014-03-04
    I wrote a blog post along similar lines [1]. The benefits are clear to me: nearly 200 tests run in about a second. For that reason alone I wouldn't consider coupling domain logic with ActiveRecord. 1. http://www.smashingboxes.com/domain-logic-in-rails/

    Comment linking /domain-logic-in-rails/

    on “Rails – The Missing Parts”
  14. DerKobe · 2016-04-13

    Submitted Choosing Your Future Tech Stack: Clojure VS Elixir VS Go as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. amidland · 2013-11-07

    Submitted Domain Logic in Rails as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. lwelton · 2012-07-23

    Submitted Next Generation Web Framework as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. shadykiller · 2017-12-01

    Submitted Choosing your future tech stack: Clojure vs. Elixir vs. Go as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. carrigan · 2017-05-24

    Submitted Building a programmable synthesizer for $20 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. smashingboxes · 2015-07-23

    Submitted Back End and Systems Software Developer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. BrandonMathis · 2015-06-29

    Submitted Building Drag and Drop with Ember-CLI and Rails as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. reedlaw · 2014-07-09

    Submitted Clean Architecture and Rails as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. amidland · 2014-06-03

    Submitted Apple’s Swift: A Developer’s First Impression as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. reedlaw · 2012-12-19

    Submitted When to build a native mobile app as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. dlanphear · 2016-11-23

    Submitted How an attacker sees your website as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. kp25 · 2015-12-16

    Submitted Choosing a front-end framework: angular vs. react vs. ember as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. zach-kuhn · 2015-10-23

    Submitted Choosing a front end framework: Angular vs. Ember vs. React as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. reedlaw · 2014-09-12

    Submitted Test Driven Development: Part I – Background as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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