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Justin Williams
Personal blog · carpeaqua.comprogramminghardware
Justin Williams's personal blog at carpeaqua.com covers programming and hardware. Since 2009, 42 different Hacker News readers have linked it 54 times, most often “I Got Hacked and All I Got Was This New SIM Card”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Justin Williams's blog for his developer and power-user tool lists for OS X, and for Mac setup advice aimed at developers switching from Windows. Some also link his Apple commentary.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- One commenter says the Mac developer setup post "has some good stuff" and calls it a useful find for a new Mac user.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The personal landing page and portfolio for Justin Williams, a software developer in Denver Colorado.
Most-linked posts?
- I Got Hacked and All I Got Was This New SIM Card5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2017-07-07
- A Software Developer’s Mac Pro3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-04-10
- My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2012 Edition)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-10-16
- My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for OS X (2013 Edition)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-10-29
What Hacker News says?
Justin Williams has an 'Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for OS X': http://carpeaqua.com/2013/10/27/my-ultimate-developer-and-po...
Comment linking /2013/10/27/my-ultimate-developer-and-power-users-tool-list-for-os-x-2013-edition-/
on “Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows”Submitted My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2011 Edition) as a story · 234 points
HN discussionHere ya' go: http://carpeaqua.com/2013/10/27/my-ultimate-developer-and-po... My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for OS X (2013 Edition) > The idea for this list was shamelessly ripped off from Windows developer Scott Hanselman whose list has long been an enjoyable read when he updates it.
Comment linking /2013/10/27/my-ultimate-developer-and-power-users-tool-list-for-os-x-2013-edition-/
on “Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows”Submitted Swift's Evolution as a story · 106 points
HN discussionHistory suggests this is not correct. Long-time Mac users have a term for this: Sherlocking[0] It seems far more likely that a company without an obvious business plan might run out of money trying to sell software that seems to be an unnecessary duplication of features built in to the OS than for Apple to eliminate a feature they've only recently introduced and promoted. I'm hoping neither happen, and I wish the f.…
Comment linking /2013/10/18/stop-sherlocking-yourself/
on “F.lux v4”Submitted Windows Phone 7 development from the perspective of an iOS developer as a story · 76 points
HN discussionThat's the great thing about having a market and the ability to share this information. You go ahead and buy the Roomba, and I'll just avoid them all together. It's fine. But I'm glad to know that this was on the cards, and plan to vote with my pocket and not buy products that intend to do something like this. I hate to sound alarmist, but as our world grows increasingly connected, I tend to be a bit cautious as to…
Comment linking /2017/07/07/hack-the-planet/
on “CEO says iRobot will never sell your data”Submitted Where do I sign up? Thoughts on iPhone app development, one year later as a story · 33 points
HN discussionUsually, when the "what we'd like to see in {iOS,macOS}++" articles come out, it's just a couple weeks before Apple announces the new features and I shake my head because it is already way too late for the feedback to reach Apple. In this case, if you believe the rumors that development on the new Mac Pro is still very early, it actually seems like articles like this and [1] might do some good. [1] https://carpeaqua…
Comment linking /2017/04/09/a-software-developers-mac-pro/
on “The new Mac Pro: The audacity to say “Yes” in a design culture of “No””Submitted What Apple Needs to Introduce at WWDC as a story · 16 points
HN discussionJust got my first Mac and I've been looking for this type of articles and general articles for people power users switching to OSX from Windows. While not a definitive guide this one has some good stuff. I was surprised by how few articles there are on this topic. One of goodies I found around: http://carpeaqua.com/2012/10/15/my-ultimate-developer-and-po...
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on “Setting up a new Mac for development”Submitted I Got Hacked and All I Got Was This New SIM Card as a story · 14 points
HN discussionHe is a good developer who sadly seems to be heading into the Apple punditry game. Which comes with a tendency to misstate things. I'll give you one guess who he is emulating from his site design: http://carpeaqua.com/
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on “One month later, Honeycomb has just 50 native apps”Submitted My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2012 Edition) as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for OS X (2013 Edition) as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Don’t Do Sales On The App Store as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everything Apple Needs to Introduce at WWDC to Appease the Internet as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Got Hacked and All I Got Was This New SIM Card as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Got Hacked and All I Got Was This New SIM Card as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Software Developer’s Mac Pro as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Future of RSS Isn't Another NetNewsWire as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X (2012 Edition) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Updated List of Android Apps for Honeycomb as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted IPhone Web Apps: Scrolls Like Molasses as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted On the iPad Pro and the Constraints of iOS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Parts of Your Platform as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple 'Hack': Shooting the Messenger as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Magazines and the iPad as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted People Don’t Want iPads. They Want Smaller MacBooks. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted From iPad to Xoom as a story · 2 points
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