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Taggart Tech
Personal blog · taggart-tech.comprogrammingwebai
Taggart Tech is a personal blog at taggart-tech.com about programming, web and ai. Since 2024, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “I used AI. It worked. I hated it”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-14, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its breakdown of alternatives to Discord, posted in the thread about Discord requiring face scans or ID for full access.
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?
- I used AI. It worked. I hated it3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-04-03
- Discord Alternatives, Ranked2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-09
What Hacker News says?
This seems like a nice breakdown of some options: https://taggart-tech.com/discord-alternatives/ (Not affiliated)
Comment linking /discord-alternatives/
on “Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month”Submitted The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy as a story · 178 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ringspace: A proposal for the human web as a story · 37 points
HN discussionSubmitted How and Why to Ditch GitHub as a story · 36 points
HN discussionSubmitted I used AI. It worked. I hated it as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted Discord Alternatives, Ranked as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Year of Disconnect as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I used AI. It worked. I hated it as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I used AI. It worked. I hated it as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Your Private Wireguard Network from Scratch as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Control as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Toad Attacks via Entra Guest Invites as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Truth in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction as a story · 1 points
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