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Yoav Aner
Personal blog · blog.gingerlime.comprogrammingbusiness
Yoav Aner writes Gingerlime, a personal blog at blog.gingerlime.com about programming and business. Since 2012, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 93 times, most often “Who DOESN'T want to be hired?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's posts on software pricing, using a cup-of-coffee comparison, and on why people don't want to be hired, which relates to job applications. Comments only share links.
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.
Hi! Welcome to Gingerlime. My name is Yoav Aner. I’m an Antipreneur. What’s an Antipreneur? Think Entrepreneur, minus the cut-throat, growth-at-all-costs mentality. Keeping things sustainable, personal, humane, yet still aiming for profitability. I co-founded a couple of companies. I’m now working o
Most-linked posts?
- Who DOESN'T want to be hired?2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-03-01
- The cup-of-coffee pricing fallacy2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-02-02
- Protecting TimeMachine Backups from Itself2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-08
- Rails IP Spoofing Vulnerabilities and Protection2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-19
- Django Tastypie Tips & Tricks2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-26
What Hacker News says?
Very true! yet lots of companies still (try to) hide behind it. My recent experience was with Sonos. They heavily track you without opt-in/explicit consent and hide behind legitimate interest. https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/sonos-is-spying-on-me-and-y...
Comment linking /2020/sonos-is-spying-on-me-and-you/
on “No Cookie for You”Submitted Sonos is spying on me (and you) as a story · 291 points
HN discussionwhen it comes to cookies the ePrivacy directive 5.3 is more strict and requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies and similar technology (incl. fingerprinting). Look up the recent case against Apple IDFA. Legitimate interest does not come into play here actually. on mobile so can’t easily post links unfortunately. EDIT: here’s a couple of links https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-complaints-against-apples-trac...…
Comment linking /2020/does-ios-14-protect-your-privacy/
on “No Cookie for You”Submitted I stopped using Intercom as a story · 150 points
HN discussionIt’s a facade. Apple has its own advertising ID and it’s on by default even though it’s quite clearly (imho) in violation of the GDPR. https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/does-apple-care-about-your-...
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on “Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account”Submitted Getting a bit creepy as a story · 117 points
HN discussionhttps://blog.gingerlime.com (RSS available) Latest posts: * ranting about bunq bank price hike / tracking * who wants to be hired tips * Apple privacy and advertising ID (posting it on HN got me downvoted a couple of times but I don’t know why) * the cup of coffee pricing fallacy (which was reasonably popular on HN)
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on “Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?”Submitted The cup-of-coffee pricing fallacy as a story · 102 points
HN discussionI think you missed one thing -- in my opinion the most crucial: cover letter. I wrote about it on https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/who-doesnt-want-to-be-hired...
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on “To find great remote employees, prioritize candidates with strong writing skills”Submitted Who’s sharing my data, and who the hell is Dave M. Rogenmoser? as a story · 32 points
HN discussionWe’re switching to 4 days in 2021, with no pay cuts[0]. AMA :) [0] https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/how-we-switched-to-4-day-we...
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on “Four-day week means 'I don't waste holidays on chores'”Submitted Hey.com is onto something with its tracking-pixel blocker as a story · 30 points
HN discussionEven Apple makes opting out of sharing data with advertisers (IDFA) confusing[0] > Allow apps to ask permission to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies. [0] https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/does-ios-14-protect-your-pr...
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on “Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out”Submitted Android Teleportation (or silly location restrictions) as a story · 28 points
HN discussionBut even companies like Apple (which claims to champion privacy) blatantly don’t seem to care https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/does-apple-care-about-your-...
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on “The opt-out illusion: how we have acquiesced to losing our privacy”Submitted Why is Backblaze tracking me? as a story · 17 points
HN discussionI think it's a good practice to always use unique, unpredictable email addresses when signing for online services. 1. Most people use the same or similar password, so once one account gets hacked, the attacker is probably able to use many other accounts on different services with the same email address/password combo. 2. It's easier to spot services that spam, or that leak your email address (I became aware of a lea…
Comment linking /2011/passwordless-password-manager/
on “Skype vulnerability allowing hijacking of an account if you know just the email”Submitted Webfaction fail. over. Failover setup with webfaction. | Gingerlime as a story · 9 points
HN discussionMy company switched to 4-day workweeks at the beginning of 2021[0]. I can't imagine we'll ever go back. I guess it's one of the advantages of running a bootstrapped company with no VCs breathing down your neck... [0] https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/how-we-switched-to-4-day-we...
Comment linking /2020/how-we-switched-to-4-day-weeks/
on “Is the four-day workweek finally within our grasp?”Submitted Is it zen at work? as a story · 7 points
HN discussionI wish it was the case, but quite far from it... pretty much all companies that email me keep tracking. I even asked Backblaze —- one of the nicer companies I know —about it[0], but they refused to stop tracking me. [0] https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/why-is-backblaze-tracking-m...
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on “The life and death of email read tracking”Submitted Why I’m not using Fastmail as a story · 6 points
HN discussioncan you elaborate about the opt-out public profiles? I never ever used Triplebyte, yet they seem to have some kind of a shadow profile of me? the only way I know is since I saw that they shared my details with Facebook[0] Definitely feels like —- whatever their intentions are —- they do seem to use some scummy “growth hacking” techniques with little respect to privacy. [0] https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/whos-shari…
Comment linking /2020/whos-sharing-my-data-and-who-the-hell-is-dave-m-rogenmoser/
on “FYI: TripleByte is emailing old referrals”Submitted Software? eugh as a story · 6 points
HN discussionIt can be turned off (although I think under the hood they just send zeros). But it’s on by default. https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/does-apple-care-about-your-... EDIT also https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074
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on “Stop tracking me: Austrian citizen files complaint over Android Advertising ID”Submitted Stop showing me your homepage as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSeems like a great initiative. As a django user, I was using tastypie, which sits on top of django for creating an API. I agree that it's nice to reduce some fat, if it's really not necessary. On a side note, and sorry for going off-topic, but referring to this comment > Security: Rails detects and thwarts IP spoofing attacks and handles cryptographic signatures in a timing attack aware way. Don't know what an IP sp…
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on “Introducing the Rails API Project”Submitted SEO Optimization for Suckers as a story · 4 points
HN discussionAlways enjoy reading your insightful comments Silhouette! I think Facebook hashes any plain text you give it client side to (try) to buffer their defenses... but I’m not sure. It’s a theater. I wrote a blog post about this data sharing with Facebook https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/whos-sharing-my-data-and-wh... that digs a little in this direction.
Comment linking /2020/whos-sharing-my-data-and-who-the-hell-is-dave-m-rogenmoser/
on “Removing email registration improved retention”Submitted An open letter to SmugMug as a story · 4 points
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