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The Code Mechanic
Personal blog · thecodemechanic.wordpress.comprogrammingsecurity
The Code Mechanic is a personal blog at thecodemechanic.wordpress.com about programming and security. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Hate Java? You’re fighting the wrong battle.”. The last post was in 2012, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked posts are essays arguing about Java and about industries stuck in old practices. The two comments only point to the original article behind a repost and do not judge the writing.
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.
The system.out of a card carrying dreamer.
Most-linked posts?
- Hate Java? You’re fighting the wrong battle.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-31
What Hacker News says?
I don't censor comments on my blog. If you knew me personally, you would understand how much I value civil liberties such as freedom of speech (public/private forms), freedom to drink, religious liberty, voting rights, public hearings, gun ownership, etc. This is so important to me, that I wrote a comments policy page: http://thecodemechanic.wordpress.com/my-policy-on-comments/ Despite this though, I don't see your…
Comment linking /my-policy-on-comments/
on “Hate Java? Maybe you should hate the industries stuck in the 50's.”Submitted Hate Java? You’re fighting the wrong battle. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionthat's the repost. original link here: http://thecodemechanic.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/hate-java/
Comment linking /2011/05/30/hate-java/
on “Hate Java? Maybe you should hate the industries stuck in the 50's.”Submitted Introduction to Strong Cryptography – p2.1 – One Time Pad as a story · 2 points
HN discussionDid anyone see the link to the originally published article? http://thecodemechanic.wordpress.com/
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on “Hate Java? You’re fighting the wrong battle.”Submitted How to win or fail when writing software: A car analogy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Strong Cryptography: Keyed Hashing, Hash Attacks, MACs, Shakespeare as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introduction to Strong Cryptography – p1.0 – Hash functions, US patriots as a story · 1 points
HN discussion