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The Solution Space
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The Solution Space is a personal blog at solutionspace.blog about programming and productivity. Since 2021, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Every Simple Configuration Language Will Eventually End Up Turing Complete”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-07-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link The Solution Space's Map Data series, which examines assumptions in map data, including geopolitical issues and OpenStreetMap coordinate precision.
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.
Thoughts on Software and Technology
Most-linked posts?
- Every Simple Configuration Language Will Eventually End Up Turing Complete2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-11-16
What Hacker News says?
Hi, author here. Thanks for reading my stuff! :-) I did not go into details of geopolitical issues because I covered that in an earlier article: https://solutionspace.blog/2022/05/23/map-data-ii-the-role-o...
Comment linking /2022/05/23/map-data-ii-the-role-of-geopolitics/
on “Map Data: False Assumptions”Submitted Map Data: False Assumptions as a story · 142 points
HN discussionThis is an intriguing site, part of a series that is also intriguing. One thing I hadn't noticed before (see https://solutionspace.blog/2022/05/13/map-data-i-its-all-abo... ) is that openstreetmap gives a lot of digits on coordinates. I see 45.6684436 listed as a latitude. If that last digit were changed to a 7, the location would shift by about 1cm. In lots of places, plate tectonics is moving things by about that…
Comment linking /2022/05/13/map-data-i-its-all-about-relations/
on “Map Data: False Assumptions”Submitted What Problem Blockchains Solve as a story · 61 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Trouble with Platforms as a story · 26 points
HN discussionSubmitted Every Simple Configuration Language Will Eventually End Up Turing Complete as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Every Simple Language Will Eventually End Up Turing Complete as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On U-Boot / “Skunkworks” projects as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Much of Your Work Will Go to Waste as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How “Gathering Requirements” is indicative of ineffective Dev-PM interactions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Trouble with Rewrites as a story · 1 points
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