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Top Bug Net
Personal blog · topbug.net/blogprogrammingsystems
Top Bug Net is a personal blog at topbug.net about programming and systems. Since 2012, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Install and Use GNU Command Line Tools on MacOS/OS X (2013)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-04-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A technical blog on command-line and Unix tooling, including installing GNU tools on macOS, GNU grep and ripgrep, and GNU Readline configuration. HN readers link it for these practical setup guides.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Top Bug Net (short for Topologically Buggy Network) is a tech blog offered by Hong (@xuhdev). It mainly discusses Open Source technologies, GNU/Linux, programming in Python and C/C++, programming tools such as Emacs, and Server Operations.
Most-linked posts?
- Install and Use GNU Command Line Tools on MacOS/OS X (2013)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-03-08
What Hacker News says?
OS X is not Linux. It's a BSD-derivative, and doesn't use the GNU toolchain. It isn't that it's "not with the program." It's that it's not the operating system, or toolchain, you're familiar with. Install homebrew and GNU tools[1] if you want them. If you used an operating system that shipped with BusyBox, you'd be similarly frustrated. But operating systems are tradeoffs with pros/cons. Using a different set of too…
Comment linking /blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-command-line-tools-in-mac-os-x/
on “What programming languages are used most on weekends?”Submitted Pitfalls in Using a Standard “Global” C++ Function as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThis is true of quite a few tools. https://www.topbug.net/blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-c...
Comment linking /blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-command-line-tools-in-mac-os-x/
on “Show HN: I wrote a book on GNU grep and ripgrep”Submitted Install and Use GNU Command Line Tools on MacOS/OS X (2013) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSome more good ideas for Readline configuration: https://www.topbug.net/blog/2017/07/31/inputrc-for-humans/
Comment linking /blog/2017/07/31/inputrc-for-humans/
on “Things you didn't know about GNU readline (2019)”Submitted Ctags: how to make 'relevant' tags as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWhat installation do you recommend? Anything I can brew right away? EDIT: I found this article https://www.topbug.net/blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-c...
Comment linking /blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-command-line-tools-in-mac-os-x/
on “A Million Text Files and a Single Laptop”Submitted Make the Less Command More Powerful as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A better less command (terminal pager) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion