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t37.net is a personal blog at t37.net about programming and productivity. Since 2013, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 33 times, most often “Nginx optimization: Understanding sendfile, tcp_nodelay and tcp_nopush”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

33mentions?
21HN people?
2013–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 22 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link t37.net for posts on nginx performance tuning (sendfile, tcp_nodelay), arguments against URL shorteners, and feedback on running Docker in production. The comments cite these posts without judging them.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Nginx optimization: Understanding sendfile, tcp_nodelay and tcp_nopush
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2015-02-13
  2. Is Docker ready for production?
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-10-04
  3. Is coding a blogging engine still worth the effort in 2013?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-08-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. I'm not very experienced with these nginx settings. Could you explain how this improves speed so much for you? It seems that you've followed [1] by the similarity of what that suggests to what you've suggested. tcp_nodelay seems to force it to not wait 0.2 seconds, which nginx does so that it doesn't send lots of really small packets. I can see this increasing speed by 200ms (a lot) but increases network traffic as…

    Comment linking /nginx-optimization-understanding-sendfile-tcp_nodelay-and-tcp_nopush.html

    on “Why is the Internet so Slow?”
  2. Submitted Link shorteners hurt the user experience and destroy the Web as a story · 179 points

    HN discussion
  3. Already exists in popular implementations: https://t37.net/nginx-optimization-understanding-sendfile-tc...

    Comment linking /nginx-optimization-understanding-sendfile-tcp_nodelay-and-tcp_nopush.html

    on “BSD socket API revamp”
  4. Submitted Is Docker ready for production? as a story · 155 points

    HN discussion
  5. Don't use this or any other URL shortener for any reason. It degrades online security[1], creates a bad UX, and breaks the web[2]. If you insist on using one, use one that is owned and maintained by a massive, stable company, like Google[3]. Smaller services, with no culpable business behind them, tend to die off[4][5]. 1. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/04/security_risk... 2. https://t37.net/why-link-sh…

    Comment linking /why-link-shorteners-harm-your-readers-and-destroy-the-web.html

    on ““Oh By” Is the Universal Shortener”
  6. Submitted Nginx optimization: Understanding sendfile, tcp_nodelay and tcp_nopush as a story · 143 points

    HN discussion
  7. Don't use or create a URL shortener. They are only ever useful to spammers, they're a security risk, and they break the web[1]. 1. https://t37.net/why-link-shorteners-harm-your-readers-and-de...

    Comment linking /why-link-shorteners-harm-your-readers-and-destroy-the-web.html

    on “Making Your Own URL Shortener”
  8. Submitted Is Docker ready for production? as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  9. You might want to add this blog post : https://t37.net/is-docker-ready-for-production-feedbacks-of-... to your see also section.

    Comment linking /is-docker-ready-for-production-feedbacks-of-a-2-weeks-hands-on.html

    on “Boycott Docker”
  10. Submitted Is Docker ready for production? Feedbacks of a 2 weeks hands on as a story · 18 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Is Docker Ready for Production? Feedbacks of a 2 Weeks Hands On as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted How I Escaped the To-Do List Hell as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted The GPG Suite for Mac is not free anymore as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Nginx optimization: understanding sendfile, tcp_nodelay and tcp_nopush as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Your data is too important to be self hosted as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Debug a running Python process without printf as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Is Docker ready for production? Feedback of a 2 weeks hands on as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted How to rolling restart of an ElasticSearch cluster at the speed of light as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Why Ansible 1.8 is the new immutable deployment killer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Would you recommend your company to your best friend? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Poodle proof, bulletproof nginx SSL configuration as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted I Don’t Care as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Should I use Ansible or Puppet? (short answer: both) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted What about asking quitters to write their replacement job description? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Documenting Your Ansible Roles Interface (And Making Other People's Life Easier) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted 4 lessons every startup should learn from the Heartbleed catastrophe as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted Why Buffer is the new 37Signals, and what it means for the "startup culture" as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted Nginx Optimizations as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted Would you invest 1M in your next employer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted How to bring your company to open source in spite of it in 5 easy steps as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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