Hacker News full of Erlang articles (opens in new tab)

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107 pointspj16y ago42 comments

42 comments

Perhaps a different topic is appropriate this time. I wasn't here when we did Erlang the first time, but I'm assuming that those who were are now tired of it. I think (though I may be wrong) that I'd be more interested in seeing some clever brainf and other esolang entries.

potatolicious16y ago

I personally just want to see a return to more technical topics and less human-interest pieces - if I wanted those I'd turn on the 6 o'clock news.

I love reading random stuff on languages/tools I don't even use - it expands my breadth and is always fun. I've never written Erlang, but now I may give it a shot.

This is what HN is great for, let's keep it that way.

timr16y ago

I do too, but right now a directory of Erlang-related articles is on the front page of HN, along with a niche-interest article about patching Erlang for a future version of OS X.

This was cute the first time, but now it's kind of inane.

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ErrantX16y ago

The first time was pg's idea to get rid of the traffic spike that was killing the server and the content.

This time... it doesnt seem quite as vindicated reasoning.

You know: this could be a meme.... beware ppl :D

Xichekolas16y ago

If we treat the Erlang blitz as a rarely used cultural hammer, then it represents a community-building/defining meme.

If, as you say, we start whipping out Erlang articles on a monthly basis, it just turns into noise.

ynniv16y ago

I kind of like the erlang marker - as soon as I see a front page full of erlang, I know that people are fed up with whatever used to be there. Once I know that, I can easily help the cause if I agree.

Xichekolas16y ago

HN's immune system is Erlang it seems.

michaelneale16y ago

yes this is the second time. I am guessing the _why posts tripped the trigger?

There had been rash of things I have flagged lately, so obviously enough people it was decided to "cleanse" things a bit.

inaka16y ago

i somehow feel like hacker news is tail-recursive, and we've been unrolled by the compiler and are now back at the top of the loop.

jobu16y ago

Hilarious. I was just scanning the headlines and thinking "WTF is up with all these Erlang articles?!" I'm trying to decide if posting this article is ironic or annoying.

mechanical_fish16y ago

Interesting. In the absence of a downvoting feature, HN has evolved a mechanism for clearing unwanted articles off the homepage: Massively upvote an entire home page's worth of alternative articles. This is done by groups of unrelated people who concentrate their votes by using the word "Erlang" as a flag.

I'm not sure this will end well.

njharman16y ago

I thought I'd hit the way back machine.

But really, even before why worship HN seemed really piss poor lately. Until few weeks ago I hadn't visited in long time and they types and quality of articles was way down from what I remember.

I've only ever been interested in about 20% of what's posted but recently I felt compelled to read only 1-2 postings a day. And the mix of articles that were uninteresting had shifted from Haskell this / circle jerk around my new startup to really poor fluff.

funny pics get 40 votes http://8bitb.us/why-well-never-hire-another-rockstar-program...

videos http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/hd/

allenbrunson16y ago

i personally don't like _why, his writings, his code, his neuroses, or anything else about him. in the beginning i was willing to hold my tongue, because he was pseudo-dead, his fans were holding a eulogy of sorts, and that's hardly the time to be a critic.

the 15th or 20th submission on the front page was way too much, though. i am now officially supporting the backlash. bring on the erlang.

wglb16y ago

So for those erlang-knowledgable, I understand that erlang is thread-scalable more than most anything. Are there other areas that erlang is similarly more scalable?

astine16y ago

This is old news. Why is it being posted, save for the couple of Erlang submissions at the top?

gregstoll16y ago

I'm guessing the submitter is making a suggestion to deal with the _why/Zed Shaw articles.

icey16y ago

Yes it's the old "fixing the signal to noise ratio by adding lots of noise" gambit.

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astine16y ago

I just hope that it doesn't become a weird meme, where submitting an Erlang article is the equivalent of expressing disapproval of the current trend in headlines.

"Oh no, people are submitting the same old Erlang articles, the current focus/glorybaiting must be getting annoying!"

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jcl16y ago

...which is silly. There were maybe three _why-related articles left on the front page -- now half the articles are Erlang.

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noodle16y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=775727

jmtame16y ago

see what you started ejohn.org?

jeresig16y ago

If the penalty to writing my blog post is a whole bunch of Erlang posts then I approve!

apotheon16y ago

I don't, so much, since this has gone from "Hacker News" to "Erlang News". There are already sites dedicated to Erlang.

s-phi-nl16y ago

Not again...

wozza16y ago

What is erlang?

wozza16y ago

What is erlang?

wozza16y ago

What is erlang?

amohr16y ago

Downvoted for not being about Erlang.

wozza16y ago

What is erlang?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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calcnerd25616y ago

potatolicious16y ago

I personally just want to see a return to more technical topics and less human-interest pieces - if I wanted those I'd turn on the 6 o'clock news.

I love reading random stuff on languages/tools I don't even use - it expands my breadth and is always fun. I've never written Erlang, but now I may give it a shot.

This is what HN is great for, let's keep it that way.

timr16y ago

I do too, but right now a directory of Erlang-related articles is on the front page of HN, along with a niche-interest article about patching Erlang for a future version of OS X.

This was cute the first time, but now it's kind of inane.

1 more reply

ErrantX16y ago

The first time was pg's idea to get rid of the traffic spike that was killing the server and the content.

This time... it doesnt seem quite as vindicated reasoning.

You know: this could be a meme.... beware ppl :D

Xichekolas16y ago

If we treat the Erlang blitz as a rarely used cultural hammer, then it represents a community-building/defining meme.

If, as you say, we start whipping out Erlang articles on a monthly basis, it just turns into noise.

ynniv16y ago

Xichekolas16y ago

HN's immune system is Erlang it seems.

michaelneale16y ago

yes this is the second time. I am guessing the _why posts tripped the trigger?

There had been rash of things I have flagged lately, so obviously enough people it was decided to "cleanse" things a bit.

inaka16y ago

i somehow feel like hacker news is tail-recursive, and we've been unrolled by the compiler and are now back at the top of the loop.

jobu16y ago

Hilarious. I was just scanning the headlines and thinking "WTF is up with all these Erlang articles?!" I'm trying to decide if posting this article is ironic or annoying.

mechanical_fish16y ago

I'm not sure this will end well.

njharman16y ago

I thought I'd hit the way back machine.

But really, even before why worship HN seemed really piss poor lately. Until few weeks ago I hadn't visited in long time and they types and quality of articles was way down from what I remember.

funny pics get 40 votes http://8bitb.us/why-well-never-hire-another-rockstar-program...

videos http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/hd/

allenbrunson16y ago

the 15th or 20th submission on the front page was way too much, though. i am now officially supporting the backlash. bring on the erlang.

wglb16y ago

So for those erlang-knowledgable, I understand that erlang is thread-scalable more than most anything. Are there other areas that erlang is similarly more scalable?

astine16y ago

This is old news. Why is it being posted, save for the couple of Erlang submissions at the top?

gregstoll16y ago

I'm guessing the submitter is making a suggestion to deal with the _why/Zed Shaw articles.

icey16y ago

Yes it's the old "fixing the signal to noise ratio by adding lots of noise" gambit.

1 more reply

astine16y ago

I just hope that it doesn't become a weird meme, where submitting an Erlang article is the equivalent of expressing disapproval of the current trend in headlines.

"Oh no, people are submitting the same old Erlang articles, the current focus/glorybaiting must be getting annoying!"

1 more reply

jcl16y ago

...which is silly. There were maybe three _why-related articles left on the front page -- now half the articles are Erlang.

1 more reply

noodle16y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=775727

jmtame16y ago

see what you started ejohn.org?

jeresig16y ago

If the penalty to writing my blog post is a whole bunch of Erlang posts then I approve!

apotheon16y ago