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Work in Progress
Personal blog · twitch.nervestaple.comprogramming
Work in Progress is a personal blog at twitch.nervestaple.com about programming. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-01-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment links a post about building a modern PC inside a vintage Macintosh SE case, reusing existing parts and adding an RTX 3060 video card. The comment does not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A weblog about technical-ish things I am working on
What Hacker News says?
It's a little clunky as I'm not that great a designer, I also used parts that I already had around (like the power supply). Still, I think it may meet your requirement of a "Mac Classic using the tech of today". I've since added a proper video card (RTX 3060) and a nice cutout for the rear ports. https://twitch.nervestaple.com/2022/12/19/pc-in-macse-build/ While not as portable as a laptop, it's nice to be able to p…
Comment linking /2022/12/19/pc-in-macse-build/
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