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whatheco.de is a personal blog at whatheco.de about programming and design. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “CamelCase vs. Underscores: Revisited”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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3mentions?
3HN people?
2023–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2024

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked for a scientific comparison of CamelCase versus underscores in code, with a 2013 follow-up review. The comment only points to the follow-up and says nothing about 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.

Discussions on software, design, and software design.

Most-linked posts?

  1. CamelCase vs. Underscores: Revisited
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. And a follow-up: https://whatheco.de/2013/02/16/camelcase-vs-underscores-revi...

    Comment linking /2013/02/16/camelcase-vs-underscores-revisited/

    on “CamelCase vs underscores: Scientific showdown (2011)”
  2. Submitted CamelCase vs underscores: Scientific showdown (2011) as a story · 66 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted CamelCase vs. Underscores: Revisited as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion

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