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Wei Yen
Personal blog · weiyen.net/articles · on HN as yen223programmingsystems
Wei Yen's personal blog at weiyen.net covers programming and systems. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2024-12-04, 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 does not discuss this blog or its writing. It links other HN threads and posts listing macOS and command-line tools, in a thread asking about terminal utilities.
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.
I'm Wei Yen, a software engineer based in Sydney. I write about software development, programming, and technology.
Most-linked posts?
- Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-11-06
What Hacker News says?
Location: Canberra, Australia Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Strong Python programmer. Professional experience deploying systems with Django, Celery and Ansible. Strong experience with Numpy and Scipy. I'm currently doing my Master's in Computing at ANU. Technologies: - Python, Django, Celery and Ansible development. - Numpy, Scipy and Matplotlib. - Currently experimenting with Rust Resume: - Personal: https:/…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2015)”Submitted Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities as a story · 837 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK, Remote or Canberra, Australia I'm an experienced Python software engineer, focused on Django, Celery and Ansible development. I'm always on a lookout for interesting projects, whether it's in data science or in web development. LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/pub/lee-wei-yen/39/ba9/aa6/en Github: https://www.github.com/yen223 Personal: https://weiyen.net Email me: lee@weiyen.me
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2015)”Submitted An unusual Google Keyboard bug as a story · 111 points
HN discussionI wrote this, gosh, nine years ago: https://weiyen.net/articles/set-up-ubuntu-server Haven't really looked at it much to be honest. Serverless tech has spoilt me.
Comment linking /articles/set-up-ubuntu-server
on “What scripts have you built to stand up a new server?”Submitted A few interesting Postgres features as a story · 3 points
HN discussionthere were a number threads in the past discussing great terminal utilities. to many top list, so here are a few: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36491704 macOS command-line tools you might not know about( https://saurabhs.org/advanced-macos-commands ) 2039 points|Gadiguibou|2 years ago|442 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31009313 New(ish) command line tools( https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/04/12/a-list…
Comment linking /articles/useful-macos-cmd-line-utilities
on “Ask HN: What are interesting do you know any terminal utilities?”Submitted An unusual Google Keyboard bug as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Avoid capital letters in Postgres names as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A few interesting Postgres features as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The “smart constructor” pattern as a story · 1 points
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