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Nessim Btesh
Personal blog · nesbtesh.medium.comprogrammingproductivity
Nessim Btesh's personal blog at nesbtesh.medium.com covers programming and productivity. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “How I write React after 8 years”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread on React, where the only comment defends class components as easy to learn and readable over time compared with hooks. The comment does not judge the linked writing.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- How I write React after 8 years2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-07-27
What Hacker News says?
Class components were/are fantastic for training new devs because of how easily abstracted the mental model is compared to memorizing all the hooks and their use cases. Obviously, the syntax tends to be a bit more verbose in general, and I won't deny that hooks making improving performance easier, but at the end of the day I prefer code that's readable whether it was written yesterday or 5 years ago - even if it cos…
Comment linking /how-i-write-react-after-8-years-12cbf82c351
on “React I love you, but you're bringing me down”Submitted How I write React after 8 years as a story · 81 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Finally Mastered My Email as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Never Forget Your Commands Again: Utilizing a .profile as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Role of Technology in Society as a story · 1 points
HN discussion