https://macwright.org/
‘published since 2011.’ Topics change gradually. Mostly things I do, read, and like.
Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#662https://blog.jldc.me/
Most of my articles aren't opinion pieces or tutorials - they're explorations of topics and events I found interesting. I'll work through my logic and steps to discovering something new, or reverse engineer something that someone smarter than I did.
Some of my favorite posts:
https://blog.jldc.me/posts/illegal-streams?ref=about - Illegal streams, decrypting m3u8’s, and building a better stream experience - An article on exploring illegal sports streams online, building a client to watch them, and seeing how the streamers are piggybacking real services.
https://blog.jldc.me/posts/deobfuscating-amex-scammer?ref=ab... - Obfuscated javascript, scam emails, and American Express - An article on reversing and decompiling obfuscated javascript, tracking spam emails, and finding the root command and control server for a scam campaign.
https://blog.jldc.me/posts/ryan-air?ref=about - Ryanair, Hamiltonian Cycles, and using graph theory to find cheap flights - An article on how I routed my European vacation, writing an NP hard problem solver, and releasing a tool to help you do the same.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#663https://rmarcus.info
I mostly post interactive or semi-narrative explanations of technical topics I find interesting. 1-3 posts per year.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#664I make Dev Tips: https://umaar.com/dev-tips/ a place to share little tips primarily with DevTools. Currently at 200+ tips. Few other random things I've written: * The Benefits of Speaking at Tech Conferences: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-benefits-of-speaking-a... * Data Visualisation with 1 Billion Shazam Music Recognitions: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/data-visualisation-with-1-... * Open Source: Learn…
I checked out your first link (on an iPhone) and all I saw was a mailing list signup form taking up the whole screen. I always wanted to ask people who do things like this on their websites: Why? Why if I’ve never even seen your site, do you think that the first thing I want to do is divulge my email address to you and receive spam? I don’t know even one thing about your site yet. Haven’t read word #1 from headline #…
It is by definition not spam if you sign up to receive it. Let's not use the wrong words to discuss thing because we get a bug up our butt about a website popup, of all things.
It happens because it works. If bounce rates went up by any statistically significant measure that wasn't more than offset by conversions, sites would stop doing it. There are entire businesses around teaching bloggers how to monetize their blogs, do you think they're not testing the effect this has?
> My policy is to always close the tab when I get an email signup form, and so far I’m sticking to that.
And it's your loss.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#665Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I myself often use uBlock origin to select + remove sticky headers/sidebars/ads which often detract from the main reading experience. So then the question arises: why do you have a popup on your site that does exactly that?
To answer your q (btw it's not a popup), I tried to explain in my comment you're replying to: > sometimes I do the thing that works/is quickest to do, move on, and then revisit when I have time Knowing me, it was probably something where, at the time of building (2015), I saw elsewhere - naively assumed it was a good idea/it works, copied it and moved on. I didn't give it as much thought as I could have. Now it's a c…
I wouldn't worry about it. It's something almost all blogs do, because it works! HN is the minority in... just about everything, but particularly how they feel about folks promoting their own work. 99.9% of readers just close the popup if they don't want to sign up. You're not driving anyone away who wasn't going to pick some other random thing to get overly angry about anyway.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#666Earlier quoted context omitted.
And published date too, please!
If I remember correctly then patio11 argued strongly against adding anything that dates your posts and write "evergreen content" instead. From a reader perspective I never understood this: I much prefer if there is a date right at the top, under the headline. From a user perspective I also don't like to see ads, I don't like to be asked to sign up for a newsletter or to subscribe to a Youtube channel but I guess it's…
If it truly is evergreen content, the date is irrelevant. If it's something that will change with the next version of a piece of software, yes, the date is important. But all too often someone will skip an article written in 2014 even if it answers their question because it's "outdated."
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#667Mines www.bobbydreamer.com
Built this in March during quarantine it's still in progress. Doesn't have much contents yet just a couple of post about how I made this site.
I have gone through most of the sites in the comment, almost all are awesome. One of the most important thing for me to make a site is to learn to write.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#668https://shan.io/
I write about personal finance. There are 3 things that make your money more productive: information, tools, and time. I can't give you more time but I write about hidden insights and make tools that help you make smarter investment decisions.
Some recent posts that are relevant to this new COVID19 world:
What did we learn from the 2008 Great Recession https://shan.io/writing/learnings-from-the-2008-great-recess...
How bad can this recession get? https://finance.shan.io/recessions-bear-markets-compared/
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#669https://paulstamatiou.com/ Been running this site for about 15 years now and while I don't post often it's usually long-form detailed articles on a broad range of hardware/software/tech/design topics that take me a few months of spare time: Getting started with security keys (15k words) https://paulstamatiou.com/getting-started-with-security-keys... Building a Lightroom PC (30k words) https://paulstamatiou.com/buildi…
Great blog and photography! Last year I did a trip to NZ similar to yours and your pictures brings back great memories.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#670https://www.avinashmeetoo.com/
I'm a computer scientist in Mauritius, an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. For the past three years, I've been working as an adviser in Government. Before that, I ran my training and consulting company. And, prior to that, I was a professor at the largest university of the country.
On my blog, I write about how Mauritius can become a smart island with smart people by leveraging technology and innovation.
My blog dates from 2010 but I've been blogging on my family blog https://www.noulakaz.net/ since 2004. This blog is more eclectic. I write about my family, sports, TV shows and movies, etc.