How some good corporate engineering blogs are written
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order> One person at a company with a compelling blog noted that a downside of having only one approver and/or one primary approver is that if that person is busy, it can takes weeks to get posts approved. Heap CTO here. I'm pretty sure this quote is about me! Or if it's not, it would be equally true about me. This is why we rolled out the "buddy" system described in this post. That way 90% of the iteration can…
I never ceased to be surprised at the clarity of thought that Dan can bring to even ostensibly qualitative topics. I had the rare pleasure of catching up with him briefly not all that long ago and we somehow stumbled onto trying to describe our individual specializations. I don’t remember if I actually articulated this or realized it shortly after, but my conclusion is the same. Dan is many things: a mathematician, an electrical engineer, a discrete logic specialist, a…
other than the writing retreat at Segment, how did these companies motivate their engineers to write more?
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 840
- Total comments
- 156
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-11 | How some good corporate engineering blogs are writtenFirst breakout · Best thread | jgrahamc | 617 | 94 |
| 2022-02-04 | (some) good corporate engineering blogs are written | rrampage | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-06-24 | (some) good corporate engineering blogs are written | swyx | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-05-28 | How (some) good corporate engineering blogs are written | shenli3514 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024-05-30 | How some good corporate engineering blogs are written (2020)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | montyanderson | 215 | 60 |
| 2026-03-17 | How (some) good corporate engineering blogs are written (2020) | zdw | 1 | 0 |