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Thomas LaRock

Personal blog · thomaslarock.comdatacareer

Thomas LaRock's personal blog at thomaslarock.com covers data and career. Since 2010, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 139 times, most often “7 Mistakes You Can't Afford To Make When Upgrading To SQL2012”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-11, and you can follow it by feed.

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139mentions?
22HN people?
2010–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 73 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked for a 2018 post arguing that decentralization does not need a blockchain, cited in a Matrix discussion. The comments do not discuss the writing itself.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. 7 Mistakes You Can't Afford To Make When Upgrading To SQL2012
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-21
  2. How Safe Is Your Data From Theft?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-02-05
  3. Do you make these 5 database design mistakes?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-02
  4. How Not To Hire Someone
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-04-04
  5. No, you don't need a blockchain
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-11-02
  6. Where Have All The Good Managers Gone?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-09-07
  7. Would You Like Another Byte?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-21

What Hacker News says?

  1. streety · 2018-08-03
    My personal site is https://jonathanstreet.com/ It's in need of some help so I've been looking around for inspiration. I'll be taking a look at everything posted. Some I've found previously I like: http://blog.echen.me/ https://www.liyaoxiang.com/ http://www.randalolson.com/ https://jvns.ca/ http://www.nowozin.net/sebastian/ http://www.emilio.ferrara.name/ http://danielnee.com/ http://daynebatten.com/ https://thomas…

    Comment linking /

    on “Building a Kickass Portfolio”
  2. DataPrivacy · 2018-11-02

    Submitted No, you don't need a blockchain as a story · 76 points

    HN discussion
  3. stagas · 2019-03-18
    No, you don't need a blockchain for decentralization. Also, you don't need a blockchain[0]. [0]: https://thomaslarock.com/2018/11/no-you-dont-need-a-blockcha...

    Comment linking /2018/11/no-you-dont-need-a-blockchain/

    on “Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet?”
  4. SQLRockstar · 2012-01-02

    Submitted Do you make these 5 database design mistakes? as a story · 54 points

    HN discussion
  5. DataPrivacy · 2018-07-05

    Submitted Databases 101 for the Non-Database Professional as a story · 38 points

    HN discussion
  6. kitty · 2012-09-01

    Submitted Where Have All The Good Managers Gone? as a story · 37 points

    HN discussion
  7. kitty · 2012-10-10

    Submitted Use What Works: Prefixing Database Tables With 'tbl' as a story · 27 points

    HN discussion
  8. karenL · 2012-06-06

    Submitted How One Hour of Action Can Give You 150 Hours of Satisfaction as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  9. rootj · 2013-07-20

    Submitted Database Design Mistakes as a story · 21 points

    HN discussion
  10. Datachic · 2012-04-25

    Submitted 6 Little Known Things That Can Cause Big Performance Issues as a story · 17 points

    HN discussion
  11. kql27 · 2013-12-18

    Submitted 5 Things Every DBA Needs To Say To A Developer as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  12. Datachic · 2012-05-01

    Submitted Are You Using The Right SQL Server Performance Metrics? as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  13. Datachic · 2012-11-26

    Submitted Lessons Learned From An Exploding Strip Club as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  14. kql27 · 2014-01-10

    Submitted How Not To Hire Someone as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  15. ListMistress · 2012-01-16

    Submitted Is Your DBA Lying to You? as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  16. kql27 · 2012-11-16

    Submitted Are The Bells Tolling For Oracle? as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  17. karenL · 2012-11-21

    Submitted Would You Like Another Byte? as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  18. SQLRockstar · 2012-01-10

    Submitted How to Improve Database Performance Without Changing Code as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  19. kql27 · 2012-12-07

    Submitted Your Job Outlook Is Cloudy And That's A Good Thing as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  20. frstone · 2014-01-09

    Submitted How To Verify What Your Big Data Is Telling You as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  21. SQLRockstar · 2012-11-23

    Submitted 7 Mistakes You Can't Afford To Make When Upgrading To SQL2012 as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  22. DataPrivacy · 2018-09-04

    Submitted I Lost 50 Pounds in 5 Months, Here’s How as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  23. dingue · 2014-01-14

    Submitted How To: Restore the Master Database in SQL Server 2012 as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  24. kql27 · 2013-08-22

    Submitted Bullies Aren't Just On The Playground as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  25. larockt · 2013-04-04

    Submitted How Not To Hire Someone as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  26. TeamData · 2013-04-02

    Submitted How To Survive Any Database Disaster as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  27. kql27 · 2013-02-12

    Submitted It's a Fact: Opinions Are Not Facts as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  28. TeamData · 2013-02-05

    Submitted How Safe Is Your Data From Theft? as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  29. kql27 · 2013-01-22

    Submitted TPC-VMS Benchmark To Compare Virtual Workloads as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  30. kql27 · 2012-12-04

    Submitted How I Passed the SQL Server 2008 MCM Exams as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion

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