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Марат Таналин

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Марат Таналин's personal blog at tanalin.com covers web and programming. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Pixel-perfect integer-ratio scaling with no blur”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-24, and you can follow it by feed.

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4mentions?
4HN people?
2011–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2011

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for its explanations of integer scaling, which is why GPU drivers and displays do not scale images losslessly. Commenters cite it as the reference on that issue.

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?

  1. Pixel-perfect integer-ratio scaling with no blur
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-05

What Hacker News says?

  1. Yes, since neither GPU drivers nor most displays currently support integer scaling. See http://tanalin.com/en/articles/lossless-scaling/ for more a more in-depth explanation.

    Comment linking /en/articles/lossless-scaling/

    on “I took 50k images of the night sky to make an 81 Megapixel image of the moon”
  2. Submitted Pixel-perfect integer-ratio scaling with no blur as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Here are some links that explain the issue: https://flutterawesome.com/sharp-looking-flutter-application... https://tanalin.com/en/articles/integer-scaling/

    Comment linking /en/articles/integer-scaling/

    on “Apple Introduces MacBook Neo”
  4. Submitted Display-table.htc — Can we forget about float layouts now? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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