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Miguel de Icaza

Personal blog · tirania.orgprogrammingsystems

Miguel de Icaza's personal blog at tirania.org covers programming and systems. Since 2007, 184 different Hacker News readers have linked it 269 times, most often “Well, Actually”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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269mentions?
3recommend?
184HN people?
2007–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 47 in 2010

Rarely recommended · 3 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Miguel de Icaza's posts mostly as evidence for their own points, often the 2011 'Well, Actually' post. Praise is rare: one commenter calls a post's principles worth living by.

Recommended for · 3 comments
Principles called worth living by; one commenter likes how a Jobs critique is put; a post told to take a look at

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Well, Actually
    32 people · 35 mentions · first linked 2011-02-17
  2. Microsoft Open Sources .NET and Mono
    7 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2014-11-12
  3. What killed the Linux desktop
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2012-08-29
  4. Miguel De Icaza: Microsoft promises to never sue anyone regarding Mono.
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2009-07-07
  5. /blog/archive/2013/Mar-05.html
    4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-07-18
  6. When Miguel de Icaza stopped using Linux
    4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-03-20
  7. Nokia Simplifies the Mobile Landscape
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-02-14
  8. /blog/archive/2008/Nov-03.html
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-05-05
  9. How I ended up with Mac
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-03-05
  10. Miguel de Icaza: Learning Unix
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-09-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. aespinoza · 2014-11-12
    Why would that be the case ? I think Xamarin has done a pretty good job on pushing the boundaries of C# and the framework on Mac and Linux. Mono's SIMD is one example: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Nov-03.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2008/Nov-03.html

    on “Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform”
  2. matthewn · 2013-08-15

    Submitted Callbacks as our Generation's Goto Statement as a story · 621 points

    HN discussion
  3. jordanilchev · 2014-11-12
    http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html here is what Miguel of Xamarin has to say

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html

    on “Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform”
  4. foolano · 2012-08-29

    Submitted What killed the Linux desktop as a story · 344 points

    HN discussion
  5. migueldeicaza · 2014-11-12
    It improves it. We now get all these bug fixes for all of our products across Android, Mac, iOS, PlayStation, Xbox and every other embedded system we support. Some details: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html

    on “Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform”
  6. jstedfast · 2011-05-16

    Submitted Mono Developers start their own company as a story · 325 points

    HN discussion
  7. migueldeicaza · 2014-11-12
    Microsoft's focus on this release is the server. Mono plans on contributing to the effort our cross platform changes to Mono, to make .NET work great on Unix. Details here: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html

    on “Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform”
  8. zdw · 2011-04-19

    Submitted Dropbox Lack of Security as a story · 295 points

    HN discussion
  9. cwyers · 2014-11-12
    Miguel de Icaza's post: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2014/Nov-12.html

    on “Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform”
  10. jstedfast · 2014-10-23

    Submitted Mono for Unreal Engine as a story · 221 points

    HN discussion
  11. Someone1234 · 2014-11-12
    http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Jul-06.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2009/Jul-06.html

    on “Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform”
  12. alexkay · 2011-09-07

    Submitted Miguel de Icaza: Learning Unix as a story · 217 points

    HN discussion
  13. jacquesm · 2018-02-07Recommends
    That sucks. Adult principles: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Jan-21.html Worth living by.

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2011/Jan-21.html

    on “John Perry Barlow has died”
  14. octopus · 2012-10-22

    Submitted Mono 3.0 is out as a story · 194 points

    HN discussion
  15. T-A · 2016-02-24
    You may be thinking of http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2014/Apr-09.html and http://www.pcworld.com/article/2847032/xamarin-integrates-wi...

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2014/Apr-09.html

    on “Microsoft Acquires Xamarin”
  16. aespinoza · 2014-11-12

    Submitted Microsoft Open Sources .NET and Mono as a story · 156 points

    HN discussion
  17. coutego · 2022-11-18
    Monodevelop, I think: https://www.monodevelop.com It wasn't a planned thing. I had recently got injured playing football, so I was stuck at home, not being able to walk or drive. I started checking the #mono IRC channel (it was 2003 and internet was something you did over a 48k modem, when your home phone line was not needed). Some guys, lead by Miguel de Icaza, the founder of Gnome, were implementing a compiler of…

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2008/Mar-14.html

    on “Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've built?”
  18. ot · 2014-04-09

    Submitted Mono and Roslyn as a story · 154 points

    HN discussion
  19. oblio · 2021-04-05
    The problem with this logic is that with millions of people, everything can happen. When someone says "never/no one" in a casual conversation, they don't mean "it's physically and mathematically impossible for this to happen, I'm sure the chance of this is 0%". They mean: "the vast majority of people". Techie communities can be tiresome with all the nitpicking. I swear that if I posted a comment saying "nobody puts…

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html

    on “LG is getting out of the mobile phone business”
  20. friism · 2011-09-15

    Submitted WinRT demystified as a story · 152 points

    HN discussion
  21. pjmlp · 2024-03-28
    Which ended up having such a community backslash that Miguel de Icaza decided to focus his efforts on Xamarin instead, followed by Microsoft's acquisition, and nowadays he is focused on Apple's ecosystem, Swift and Godot on Apple platforms. "Miguel de Icaza and his ostracization from FOSS" https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bru... "What killed the Linux Desktop" https://tirania.org/blog/archive…

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2013/Mar-05.html

    on “Writing Gnome Apps with Swift”
  22. zdw · 2020-03-25

    Submitted Yak Shaving – Swift Edition as a story · 146 points

    HN discussion
  23. disusered · 2012-05-13
    Miguel de Icaza isn't exactly known for being nice, but even he defers to civility. Belive it or nor, respecting other people, even if they don't have your gigantic brains or knowledge, can go a long way in your social interactions and professional development. http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html

    on “Linus Torvalds won't do github pull requests”
  24. milen · 2017-02-05

    Submitted What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) as a story · 146 points

    HN discussion
  25. j_s · 2012-03-12
    Per Miguel de Icaza, try a paper clip! http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Mar-23.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2011/Mar-23.html

    on “A Dad’s Plea To Developers Of iPad Apps For Children”
  26. robteix · 2020-09-24

    Submitted AppStore Reviews Should Be Stricter as a story · 127 points

    HN discussion
  27. bithavoc · 2021-04-22
    yeah, not even on the alternative downloads page. It reminds me of the story of how the Mono team had an issue in the downloads page that leads to some users download a 2yr old release of the Mono Framework.[0] I found the downloads page[1] but it still says Beta, unsure what's going on. [0] https://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Jan-24-1.html [1] https://releases.ubuntu.com/21.04/

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2008/Jan-24-1.html

    on “Ubuntu 21.04”
  28. gebe · 2013-03-05

    Submitted How I ended up with Mac as a story · 126 points

    HN discussion
  29. binaryfinery · 2010-08-14
    And in evidence for the "Pretty Sure They Aren't" statement, here's Miguel de Icaza shitting his pants (not): http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Aug-13.html

    Comment linking /blog/archive/2010/Aug-13.html

    on “Oracle sues Google over use of Java in Android”
  30. DanielRibeiro · 2011-03-29

    Submitted Save your Cleverness as a story · 126 points

    HN discussion

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