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WhyNot.Fail is a personal blog at whynot.fail about programming, hardware and systems. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “AI is slowly munching away my passion”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-15, and you can follow it by feed.

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12mentions?
4HN people?
2020–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2020

Cause when you fail, somebody has to laugh at you

Most-linked posts?

  1. AI is slowly munching away my passion
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-02-15

What Hacker News says?

  1. I did that, the very hard way (I didn’t know better at the time): https://whynot.fail/homelab/lets-encrypt-the-house/

    Comment linking /homelab/lets-encrypt-the-house/

    on “Automatic SSL Certificates for internal IP's for home k8 setup using LetsEncrypt”
  2. Submitted Let's Encrypt the house – how I use LE for my internal homelab setup as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Nix/NixOS is the new "dotfiles golf" – and that's awesome as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted AI is slowly munching away my passion as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Fusion 360 Internals: Trying to re-invent Fusion’s GUI (and failing) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted The Art of Cracking Software as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted This post is written in Notion – WhyNot.Fail Blog as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Dry your 3D printer filaments in the drawer – DIY build as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Adding more magic to the Magicforce 68 – Adding BT to a USB mechanical keyboard as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted AI is slowly munching away my passion as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted AI is slowly munching away my passion as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Rust, let me share your awesomeness with C as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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