Zach Tellman

Most-linked posts?

1. Thought Leaders and Chicken Sexers
   5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-12-06
2. Senior Engineers Reduce Risk
   4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-05-10
3. Composition is Interpretation
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-01-14
4. Trapped in the Technologist Factory
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-04-17
5. Better Geometry Through Graph Theory (2018)
   2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-08-30
6. Early adopters and inverted social proof (2011)
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-03-09
7. Two Concepts of Legibility
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-30
8. Standing in the shadow of giants – the frontier in open source
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-29
9. Performance in Factor, Java, and Clojure
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-09-01
10. Better geometry through graph theory (2018)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-15

What Hacker News says?

1. geofft · 2020-12-12

   This is spin, and it's important to understand why it's spin, because somewhat unusually, this essay seeks to prevent you from using your critical reasoning facilities. Here's the context: This essay is, at its core, a rebuttal to https://ideolalia.com/essays/thought-leaders-and-chicken-sex... , which makes the argument that while Paul Graham is undeniably an extraordinarily successful businessman , he's not that su…

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   on “Earnestness”
2. michael_fine · 2020-12-06

   Submitted Thought Leaders and Chicken Sexers as a story · 256 points

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3. nindalf · 2020-12-12

   His posts aren’t fact based, they’re mostly an expression of his feelings. A great example are his 5-6 posts talking about how the most important facet of a programming language is its brevity ( https://ideolalia.com/essays/thought-leaders-and-chicken-sex... ). At no point does he cite any facts backing that up. Even when the brevity chasing language he created failed to gain traction, he didn’t see that as an indic…

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   on “Earnestness”
4. prospero · 2020-06-28

   Submitted Better Geometry Through Graph Theory (2018) as a story · 161 points

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5. ZephyrBlu · 2024-06-05

   This is a tech-focused selection from my personal list, with a few more business-y sources thrown in: - https://erikbern.com - https://lethain.com - https://commoncog.com - https://scattered-thoughts.net - https://danluu.com - https://ideolalia.com - https://staysaasy.com - https://collabfund.com - https://blog.nelhage.com - https://jacobian.org - https://equalventures.substack.com - https://defmacro.org - https://s…

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   on “Some notes on influenceering”
6. luu · 2026-10-28

   Submitted Trapped in the Technologist Factory as a story · 75 points

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7. geofft · 2021-01-25Recommends

   You might like this post, which is roughly on that topic: https://ideolalia.com/essays/composition-is-interpretation.h... (I thought of it when I first saw your comment but couldn't remember where, then I found it closing some few-day-old tabs :) )

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   on “On the complexity of JSON serialization (2020)”
8. prospero · 2010-02-22

   Submitted Creating a Simple Game in Clojure as a story · 57 points

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9. prospero · 2012-08-24

   Here's an Asteroids clone I wrote in Clojure a few years back, which has less than 400 lines and some neat stuff like procedurally generated 3D asteroids: https://github.com/ztellman/penumbra/blob/master/test/exampl... Some of the design decisions are discussed in detail at http://ideolalia.com/creating-a-simple-game-in-clojure

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   on “Asteroids in under 600 lines of Common Lisp (uses SBCL and SDL)”
10. luu · 2020-12-21

    Submitted The “Office Hours” Meetup (2014) as a story · 38 points

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11. brehaut · 2010-06-09Recommends

    I can't make an informed comparison[1], but check out http://ideolalia.com/performance-in-clojure-and-factor - the author uses penumbra (clojure's gl wrappers) to offload the vectorised computation to the GPU. That plus clojures inherent concurrency support seems like a pretty awesome mix to me. [1] I've used lots of python and some clojure but never done heavy numeric computation in either

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    on “Clojure.rb”
12. myth_drannon · 2021-04-18

    Submitted Trapped in the Technologist Factory as a story · 33 points

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13. prospero · 2009-09-01

    Submitted Performance in Factor, Java, and Clojure as a story · 26 points

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14. prospero · 2009-07-05

    Submitted Rendering a Sierpinski Pyramid in Clojure as a story · 21 points

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15. Rexxar · 2020-06-19

    Submitted Better geometry through graph theory (2018) as a story · 8 points

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16. jashkenas · 2021-01-03

    Submitted Two Concepts of Legibility as a story · 6 points

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17. prospero · 2018-08-30

    Submitted Better Geometry Through Graph Theory (2018) as a story · 6 points

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18. panic · 2021-04-17

    Submitted Trapped in the Technologist Factory as a story · 5 points

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19. jashkenas · 2021-01-14

    Submitted Composition is Interpretation as a story · 5 points

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20. prospero · 2018-08-30

    Submitted Better Geometry Through Graph Theory as a story · 5 points

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21. prospero · 2011-07-03

    Submitted Early Adopters and Inverted Social Proof as a story · 5 points

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22. prospero · 2009-10-08

    Submitted Exploring the Mandelbrot set with your GPU as a story · 5 points

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23. todsacerdoti · 2020-12-30

    Submitted Two Concepts of Legibility as a story · 4 points

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24. ZephyrBlu · 2022-04-11

    Submitted Senior Engineers Reduce Risk as a story · 3 points

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25. ali92hm · 2021-02-15

    Submitted Senior engineers reduce risk (2016) as a story · 3 points

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26. memexy · 2020-06-15

    Submitted Better geometry through graph theory as a story · 3 points

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27. smlckz · 2021-01-15

    Submitted Composition Is Interpretation as a story · 2 points

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28. nicholas-cc · 2020-06-29

    Submitted Standing in the shadow of giants – the frontier in open source as a story · 2 points

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29. aw1621107 · 2018-08-31

    Submitted Better geometry through graph theory as a story · 2 points

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30. lisa_henderson · 2015-09-11

    Submitted Early adopters and inverted social proof (2011) as a story · 2 points

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