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The Foundry from Sparkbox
Company blog · seesparkbox.com/foundrydesignweb
The Foundry from Sparkbox is the company blog at seesparkbox.com, writing about design and web. Since 2013, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Semantic Commit Messages”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Sparkbox blog for its posts on semantic git commit messages and developer tooling, such as multi-file search in Vim.
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.
Sparkbox creates design systems that get used. We work with large organizations to build the system and the team to sustain it.
Most-linked posts?
- Semantic Commit Messages3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-10-18
What Hacker News says?
I work at a place that used to prescribe this. I dislike it because it adds too much repetitive noise to the abridged git log. (It occurs to me that you may be making this point in a tongue-in-cheek way.) Originally I suggested we put the JIRA number/link in the commit body, but then I learned about git-notes to add metadata to commits and now I kinda want to do this with the semantic labels suggested by the thread…
Comment linking /foundry/semantic_commit_messages
on “My Favourite Git Commit”Submitted Semantic Commit Messages as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI had to read a few comments on HN and Google your product to understand what it is. reading on your website told me (almost) nothing about your product. (I am more a desktop dev, very new to web). From https://www.getpostman.com/ "A powerful GUI platform to make your API development faster & easier, from building API requests through testing, documentation and sharing" Then searching, I found this: https://seespark…
Comment linking /foundry/api_testing_with_postman
on “Going native”Submitted Six Lessons from Over Three Years of React Development as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis is what I'm using now: http://seesparkbox.com/foundry/semantic_commit_messages . chore: add Oyster build script docs: explain hat wobble feat: add beta sequence fix: remove broken confirmation message refactor: share logic between 4d3d3d3 and flarhgunnstow style: convert tabs to spaces test: ensure Tayne retains clothing
Comment linking /foundry/semantic_commit_messages
on “Commit messages are not titles”Submitted JavaScript: Design Patterns as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI've found the semantic commit concept to be quite helpful: https://seesparkbox.com/foundry/semantic_commit_messages
Comment linking /foundry/semantic_commit_messages
on “Commit messages are not titles (2015)”Submitted Deep Work as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttp://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Find_in_files_within_Vim http://seesparkbox.com/foundry/demystifying_multi_file_searc...
Comment linking /foundry/demystifying_multi_file_searches_in_vim_and_the_command_line
on “Poll: What is your primary editor?”Submitted Command Line Tools for Frontend Developers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted There is no breakpoint as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Code Review with PRs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Slanted Elements with CSS3 as a story · 1 points
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