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The Chicken Coop
Personal blog · fastchicken.co.nzprogrammingsystemsai
The Chicken Coop is a personal blog at fastchicken.co.nz about programming, systems and ai. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often ““C#, it’s just not portable””. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts are programming and personal writing. One commenter cites a post titled 'C# it's just not portable' to show C# is used outside Microsoft. Another comment on UK voting does not reference the blog.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
AI, engineering, infrastructure, random rants. Tequila, Coffee, Tacos and Chocolate. What else is there, really?
Most-linked posts?
- “C#, it’s just not portable”2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-09-15
What Hacker News says?
iuguy, a few things. Most important I really don't believe that "it will make no difference to me as my constituency is a safe tory seat, even with all the simulations." Even if it doesn't change who actually wins, implementing AV can send a clear message to your incumbent by (for example) showing that 25% of the constituents actually want the Green candidate to win (rather than just the 5% who actually voted for he…
Comment linking /2011/05/05/the-uk-gets-to-decide-how-to-vote-and-how-we-did-it-in-nz/
on “British hackers: stop voting for lizards; start voting for people today”Submitted “C#, it’s just not portable” as a story · 94 points
HN discussionI've got a little rebuttal to this here: http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/2012/05/11/so-many-straw-men-so... You have a good point, but mostly, I think it's a strawman argument.
Comment linking /2012/05/11/so-many-straw-men-so-little-time/
on “On Why I Am Not Buying RubyMotion”Submitted Passbook and NFC as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSurprising? I wouldn't say that; C# is used in lots of non-Microsoft places these days: http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/2011/09/15/c-its-just-not-porta...
Comment linking /2011/09/15/c-its-just-not-portable/
on “Sony To Debut Android-Based PlayStation Suite SDK In November”Submitted Almost Every infra decision I endorse or regret after 4 years at a startup as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted London Bike App source code now available as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Whats an option and why is Apple's stock price at $500 (no conspiracy theories) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted C# is dead (again). Long live C#. as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The case for an AppleTV Transmitter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mobile-Initiated payments: a possible solution (maybe) as a story · 1 points
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