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themackabu.dev
Personal blog · themackabu.dev/blogprogrammingsystems
themackabu.dev is a personal blog at themackabu.dev about programming and systems. Since 2026, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Building a JavaScript runtime in one month”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link the author's posts on building the Ant JavaScript runtime: a first version built in a month, and a follow-up months later. The linked posts are about the project's development.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- Building a JavaScript runtime in one month6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2026-01-21
- Working Was the Beginning2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-05-06
What Hacker News says?
Ok, but this post: https://themackabu.dev/blog/js-in-one-month isn't the post of someone who just implemented a js engine (it reads like someone who asked an LLM to write a blog post about the git log of a different LLM which was apparently lifting code from a different js engine...) It's a bit hard to understand what's going on here, but definitely hard to trust the project.
Comment linking /blog/js-in-one-month
on “Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem”Submitted Working Was the Beginning as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe author shared their experience building the first version in a month: https://themackabu.dev/blog/js-in-one-month And then the follow up few months later: https://themackabu.dev/blog/ant-part-two I'm not sure what the economics of building a new runtime and ecosystem from scratch are but it seems we're already in a phase where individual developers are creating software which previously took a whole team. And it…
Comment linking /blog/ant-part-two
on “Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem”Submitted Building a JavaScript runtime in one month as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a JavaScript runtime in one month as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a JavaScript runtime in one month as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a JavaScript runtime in one month as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a JavaScript runtime in one month as a story · 1 points
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