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The way things work in Llewellyn's world
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The way things work in Llewellyn's world is a personal blog at llewellynfalco.blogspot.com about programming and career. Since 2011, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Don't use the greater than sign in programming”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog as a source on pair programming, including the strong-style pairing approach, and on treadmill desks. The comments cite the posts without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Don't use the greater than sign in programming2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-02-21
- Llewellyn’s strong-style pairing (2014)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-10-29
What Hacker News says?
http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/2014/06/llewellyns-strong... Pair programming is terrible by default. You have to work to make it good, but then it can be great.
Comment linking /2014/06/llewellyns-strong-style-pairing.html
on “Pair Programming Antipatterns”Submitted Don't use the greater-than sign in programming (2016) as a story · 48 points
HN discussion=) I'm talking about a treadmill. Like this: http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-treadmill-desk...
Comment linking /2010/11/my-treadmill-desk.html
on “Cornell Ergonomics Web finds standing desks present their own issues”Submitted Don't use the greater than sign in programming as a story · 24 points
HN discussionThe way some people pair is really more similar to rally driving than you give it credit. I hate backseat driver style pair programming. Strong-style is very different and more like right-seat (I’m in the US, so let’s say not-driver seat) driving. https://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/2014/06/llewellyns-stron...
Comment linking /2014/06/llewellyns-strong-style-pairing.html?m=1
on “Against Pair Programming”Submitted Llewellyn’s strong-style pairing (2014) as a story · 19 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why we did speed meet at our conference as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Women in Tech and Men in Zumba as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Point of 'No Return' as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Removing the Greater than Sign as a story · 1 points
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