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Yevgeniy Brikman

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Yevgeniy Brikman's personal blog at brikis98.blogspot.com covers programming, startups and career. Since 2013, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “Don't learn to code. Learn to think”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.

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28mentions?
14HN people?
2013–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 15 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this personal tech blog by Yevgeniy Brikman for posts on learning computer science versus programming, Play/Scala iteratees, and turning imperative list code into functional style.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Don't learn to code. Learn to think
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-05-19
  2. Tech Talks for Every Programmer
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-05-29
  3. You are what you document
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-05-05
  4. Programming paradigms that change how you think about coding
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-09
  5. Turning imperative Java code into functional Scala code
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-31
  6. The 10x developer is not a myth
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-29

What Hacker News says?

  1. Here is a guide to documentation I wrote a little while back: http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2014/05/you-are-what-you-docume...

    Comment linking /2014/05/you-are-what-you-document.html

    on “Ask HN: How do I write good documentation?”
  2. Submitted Programming paradigms that change how you think about coding as a story · 523 points

    HN discussion
  3. A comment in the article, from one of the Play developers, provides a good explanation about what iteratees provide that is not provided by rx: http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2013/11/play-scala-and-iteratee...

    Comment linking /2013/11/play-scala-and-iteratees-vs-nodejs.html?showComment=1385511897410

    on “Play, Scala, and Iteratees vs. Node.js and Socket.io”
  4. Submitted Bitcoin by analogy as a story · 101 points

    HN discussion
  5. A couple links I have stashed: http://coderstv.com/ http://confreaks.com/ http://www.dotconferences.eu/ http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2014/05/must-see-tech-talks-for...

    Comment linking /2014/05/must-see-tech-talks-for-every-programmer.html

    on “Implementing a bignum calculator – Rob Pike [video]”
  6. Submitted You are what you document as a story · 75 points

    HN discussion
  7. joshpadnick · 2014-08-27Recommends
    This is essentially the "Computer Science vs. Programming" debate, although Uni gives some programming experience and Pluralsight gives some computer science. Yevgeniy Brikman maintains a great blog and wrote about this[1]. [1] http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2014/05/dont-learn-to-code-lear...

    Comment linking /2014/05/dont-learn-to-code-learn-to-think.html

    on “Pluralsight raises $135M to expand online learning for professionals”
  8. Submitted Don't learn to code. Learn to think as a story · 60 points

    HN discussion
  9. dcre · 2013-09-29Recommends
    I'll save everyone the trouble. "Yeah it is!" "No it isn't!" "Yeah it is!" "No it isn't!" I do like your other article about converting imperative list processing code into functional style, though. http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-recipes-for-turning-...

    Comment linking /2013/05/10-recipes-for-turning-imperative-java.html

    on “The 10x developer is not a myth”
  10. Submitted The 10x developer is not a myth as a story · 26 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Shit recruiters say as a story · 21 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Play, Scala, and Iteratees vs. Node.js, JavaScript, and Socket.io as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Tech Talks for Every Programmer as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Node.js vs. Play Framework as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted The 10x developer is Not a myth as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Are static typing and functional programming winning? as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Don't learn to code. Learn to think. as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted What my grandfather taught me about happiness as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Our best minds are thinking about how to make people click ads, and that's ok as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Tech Talks for Every Programmer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Turning imperative Java code into functional Scala code as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Proposal: extend Markdown syntax to support form elements (2011) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted You are what you document as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Play framework – The ultimate guide as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with the Play Framework as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted You've gotten into a debate with me. Awesome. Let's lay down a few ground rules. as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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