This is my blog, mostly about programming. https://mitchum.blog/

I started it with three goals in mind: 1. Remember more of the things I learn about complex topics. 2. Improve my writing skills. 3. Learn about driving traffic to a website.

The most noteworthy and popular section are the game tutorials: https://github.com/mmaynar1/games

I've been working on a little website to pull out links from the comments on the "Ask HN" page. Often there is some great advice in there, and it seemed in the spirit of Hacker News to automate that.

https://www.askhnwisdom.com/

Love this. Some ideas:

It would be nice to be able to provide a link to an older post and get the links.

Stats, such as top sites included across posts (all-time, this year, etc.), or posts with most links.

Thanks! I like those ideas. Definitely been pondering better ways to filter the links and ensure the most relevant ones rise in prominence.

Something that might be useful (and maybe pay for hosting/aws/whatever costs) is to find products people mention and get affiliate links going. That is if you want to monetize it, if not thats cool too.

An example - I posted a question about non standard keyboard/mouse setups for coding. There were a lot of product mentions in there and what people are doing with them. Not a lot of links though so it would take some text processing.

I really like this. Something about the minimalism, and peaks my curiosity as to what was said about each link. Funny that this thread and https://www.askhnwisdom.com/ is in the list :-)

This looks like it could be really useful with a bit of work. Right now it misses context though. It might be great with certain threads like book recommendations.

If you're using Java, definitely give IntelliJ a try. I think it makes writing Java a pretty enjoyable experience.

Agreed, I like IntelliJ. I said since I never know if a Java shop will make me use eclipse again, I tend to shy away from java. Of course I do have a price, if we're doing 200k up I'll put up with Eclipse

This game is a pretty fun way to improve your CSS Flexbox skills: https://mastery.games/flexboxzombies/

If you're a heathen like me, you sometimes store JSON configuration in environment variables https://mitchum.blog/how-to-store-json-in-an-environment-var...

Storing the name of an "environment" in an environment variable and then using that to pick the appropriate configuration file is what .Net Core does for web apps and that seems to work fairly well.

Then, of course, you have the fun of Azure Application Configuration and KeyVaults - which are fine once set up and your app is happy with them.

I definitely agree about VR. The first time I played "Robo Recall" on the Oculus Rift I couldn't believe how responsive and immersive it was.

For sure. In the case of IntelliJ resource usage, you get what you pay for.

I use IntelliJ for work every day and I agree, so many of its features make work so much better.

I do the same thing. I also keep auto commit off and make sure the rows updated looks correct before committing the change.

One definition I've heard before (and like) is "code without tests". I don't think that's the only factor, but it's a pretty common indicator.