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Some thoughts on your (and my) thoughts.

Personal blog · dhruvbird.blogspot.comprogrammingdata

Some thoughts on your (and my) thoughts. is a personal blog at dhruvbird.blogspot.com about programming and data. Since 2010, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Twitter API: Y U No respond fast & why”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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7mentions?
5HN people?
2010–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked for posts on library versus framework, Twitter API limits and a fast auto-complete server. One commenter says the library-versus-framework post presents the idea better than their own earlier write-up.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Just something whacky to get you thinking. At least it got me pulling apart my hair, and now, I'm half bald.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Twitter API: Y U No respond fast & why
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-05
  2. Another libraries vs frameworks
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-07-14

What Hacker News says?

  1. dhruvbird · 2011-07-14Recommends
    neat! I came to a similar conclusion a while ago, but you've presented it better: http://dhruvbird.blogspot.com/2010/12/library-vs-framework.h...

    Comment linking /2010/12/library-vs-framework.html

    on “Libraries vs Frameworks”
  2. geekzgalore · 2011-07-14

    Submitted Another libraries vs frameworks as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  3. dhruvbird · 2012-11-05
    Interesting practical problem. I've tried mentioning a few solutions you might try here: http://dhruvbird.blogspot.com/2012/11/twitter-api-y-u-no-res...

    Comment linking /2012/11/twitter-api-y-u-no-respond-fast-why.html

    on “ My popular Twitter Analytics app has reached technical limits. Need help”
  4. objectivefs · 2013-05-17

    Submitted The Packed Memory Array, or Insertion Sort is O(n log n) as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. the-b · 2010-10-28
    authors blog post: http://dhruvbird.blogspot.com/2010/09/very-fast-approach-to-... lib-face uses python and mongrel2

    Comment linking /2010/09/very-fast-approach-to-search.html

    on “A very fast auto-complete server; to be used for as-you-type search suggestions.”
  6. dnettem · 2012-11-05

    Submitted Twitter API: Y U No respond fast & why as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. dhruvbird · 2012-08-03

    Submitted SQL Query Execution Optimization opportunities missed (or why write better SQL) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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