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Personal blog · thebrokenrail.comsystemshardware

TheBrokenRail is a personal blog at thebrokenrail.com about systems and hardware. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “After nine years, Ninja has merged support for the GNU Make jobserver”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-06-30, and you can follow it by feed.

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6mentions?
3HN people?
2023–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2024

TheBrokenRail’s personal website!

Most-linked posts?

  1. After nine years, Ninja has merged support for the GNU Make jobserver
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-30
  2. How to get Xfinity Stream to work on Linux (2022)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. TheBrokenRail · 2024-09-29

    Submitted The challenge of updating InsydeH2O UEFI with Linux as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  2. TheBrokenRail · 2024-02-23

    Submitted A tale of Debian, Mesa, and ancient OpenGL as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. TheBrokenRail · 2025-06-30

    Submitted After nine years, Ninja has merged support for the GNU Make jobserver as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. signa11 · 2025-06-30

    Submitted After nine years, Ninja has merged support for the GNU Make jobserver as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. fanf2 · 2024-04-02

    Submitted How to get Xfinity Stream to work on Linux (2022) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. TheBrokenRail · 2023-01-01

    Submitted Xfinity Stream on Linux (A Tale of Widevine, ChromeOS, and a Patched Glibc) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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