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Personal blog · sprocketfox.io/xssfoxsecurityhardware

xssfox is a personal blog at sprocketfox.io about security and hardware. Since 2021, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.

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17mentions?
16HN people?
2021–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2021

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for posts on monitor rotation, including a Linux xrandr post about diagonal PC monitor mode. The comments only link to that post or react to a photo on the site.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-12-02
  2. Just a Bunch of Scanners (JBOS?)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-08
  3. Supply Chain Attack as Code
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-05-06
  4. Build Pipeline Security
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-18

What Hacker News says?

  1. therein · 2023-12-29
    I thought you were making a clever joke until I visited the link. https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/images/PXL_20211202_035205492.... Something about this is hilarious.

    Comment linking /xssfox/images/PXL_20211202_035205492.jpg

    on “Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)”
  2. ghuntley · 2021-12-02

    Submitted Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers as a story · 860 points

    HN discussion
  3. pimlottc · 2023-12-29
    The Tom’s article references a tweet which references the original blog post here: https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2021/12/02/xrandr/

    Comment linking /xssfox/2021/12/02/xrandr/

    on “Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode”
  4. AndrewKemendo · 2023-12-29

    Submitted Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021) as a story · 511 points

    HN discussion
  5. _Microft · 2025-02-09

    Submitted Bad Smart Watch Authentication as a story · 106 points

    HN discussion
  6. soopurman · 2024-05-08

    Submitted Just a Bunch of Scanners (JBOS?) as a story · 70 points

    HN discussion
  7. 1e1a · 2026-08-19

    Submitted Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut Maker as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  8. pabs3 · 2024-07-24

    Submitted Ham Radio: WSJT-X SuperFox Verification is flawed as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. todsacerdoti · 2024-05-08

    Submitted Getting a Scanner to Work over iSCSI as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. lnyan · 2023-12-28

    Submitted Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. mooreds · 2022-10-21

    Submitted Supply Chain Attack as Code as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. kareiva · 2026-08-19

    Submitted A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. some_furry · 2021-02-19

    Submitted Build Pipeline Security as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. oxinabox · 2021-02-18

    Submitted Build Pipeline Security as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. mooreds · 2025-02-12

    Submitted Intercom as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. marcosnils · 2022-05-06

    Submitted Supply Chain Attack as Code as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. detaro · 2021-10-01

    Submitted Even better free video streaming and storage on AWS as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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