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Personal blog · sigwait.org/~alex/blogsystemsprogramming

Wait for a signal is a personal blog at sigwait.org about systems and programming. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Debian CVE Fixes over Time”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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19mentions?
3HN people?
2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2025

Most-linked posts?

  1. Debian CVE Fixes over Time
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-30
  2. Linux Apps That Maybe Run
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-16
  3. Offline Math: Converting LaTeX to SVG with MathJax
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. late to the party, but https://sigwait.org/~alex/blog/ topics: linux (usually in some sort of critique), javascript, emacs, & random quotes from books I'm reading

    Comment linking /~alex/blog/

    on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”
  2. Submitted The Cheapest NAS as a story · 342 points

    HN discussion
  3. You can always create an EPUB. If you enjoy tinkering with HTML, here is a short book on how to create a custom toolchain (disclaimer: I am the author): https://sigwait.org/~alex/p/pg2e/

    Comment linking /~alex/p/pg2e/

    on “Ask HN: Best tools for self-authoring books in 2023?”
  4. Submitted The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years as a story · 190 points

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  5. Submitted Exploring pre-1990 versions of wc(1) (2023) as a story · 58 points

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  6. Submitted Offline Math: Converting LaTeX to SVG with MathJax as a story · 47 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Debian CVE Fixes over Time as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Escape Sequences in File Names as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Linux Apps That Maybe Run as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted Making Debian or Fedora persistent live images as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Comparing Compression (2024) as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted Shell Postcards as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted Debian CVE Fixes over Time as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Linux Apps That Maybe Run as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Obfuscating Image Links as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Offline Math: Converting LaTeX to SVG with MathJax as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Adding Line Numbers to Code Blocks as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted You, Robot (1991) as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted A Practical Guide to ePub as a story · 1 points

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