Hacker News: mattjhall

Taking OCaml and Eio for a Spin

mattjhall — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:32:39 +0000

Article URL: https://mattjhall.co.uk/posts/taking-ocaml-eio-for-a-spin.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48975395

Points: 43

# Comments: 5

Engineering High-Performance Parsers with Data-Oriented Design

mattjhall — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:03:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.arshad.fyi/writings/engineering-high-performance-parsers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48968328

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mattjhall in "I made 20 GDPR deletion requests. 12 were ignored"

mattjhall — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:34:49 +0000

If you open a business you should be responsible enough to comply with the laws. A business that became large enough where this would become a time sink would be able to afford to hire someone.

New comment by mattjhall in "After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand"

mattjhall — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:39:08 +0000

It’s amazing how often these miracle codebases that an AI has generated are always not open source.

Gas Town Is the Second Worst Place to Live

mattjhall — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:28:22 +0000

Article URL: https://mattjhall.co.uk/posts/gas-town-second-worst-place.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765380

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How I estimate work

mattjhall — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:22:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-i-estimate-work/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46742389

Points: 548

# Comments: 320

Freestyle Linked Lists Tricks

mattjhall — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:50:28 +0000

Article URL: https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/12/31/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46711363

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Pass k is Mostly Bunk

mattjhall — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:49:07 +0000

Article URL: https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/01/21/pass-k.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46711347

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Snapit: Snapshot Testing for C

mattjhall — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:30:52 +0000

Article URL: https://mattjhall.co.uk/posts/snapit-snapshot-testing-for-c.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46127133

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Tracking Down a Regression in Mesa 3D

mattjhall — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:29:45 +0000

Article URL: https://vkoskiv.com/mesa-regression/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658694

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Be careful with Go struct embedding

mattjhall — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:16:08 +0000

Article URL: https://mattjhall.co.uk/posts/be-careful-with-go-struct-embedding.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45327531

Points: 134

# Comments: 100

Block Your Exits

mattjhall — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:14:53 +0000

Article URL: https://prickly.oxhe.art/avoidance/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45327525

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

Jujutsu from the Trenches

mattjhall — Tue, 27 May 2025 20:33:09 +0000

Article URL: https://mattjhall.co.uk/posts/jujutsu-from-the-trenches.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44110443

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

How can smart people appear incompetent?

mattjhall — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:20:19 +0000

Article URL: https://lemire.me/blog/2025/04/11/how-can-really-smart-people-appear-totally-incompetent/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43707230

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Plan for Obsolescence

mattjhall — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:47:55 +0000

Article URL: https://mattjhall.co.uk/posts/plan-for-obsolescence.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43546155

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mattjhall in "Show HN: I built website for sharing Drum Patterns"

mattjhall — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:22:30 +0000

Really nice work!

"Vibe Coding" vs. Reality

mattjhall — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:28:19 +0000

Article URL: https://cendyne.dev/posts/2025-03-19-vibe-coding-vs-reality.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43434825

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Slack: The Art of Being Busy Without Getting Anything Done

mattjhall — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:23:34 +0000

Article URL: https://matduggan.com/slack-the-art-of-being-busy-without-getting-anything-done/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43414823

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

The Defer Technical Specification: It Is Time

mattjhall — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:20:13 +0000

Article URL: https://thephd.dev/c2y-the-defer-technical-specification-its-time-go-go-go

Hacker News: mattjhall

Taking OCaml and Eio for a Spin

Engineering High-Performance Parsers with Data-Oriented Design

New comment by mattjhall in "I made 20 GDPR deletion requests. 12 were ignored"

New comment by mattjhall in "After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand"

Gas Town Is the Second Worst Place to Live

How I estimate work

Freestyle Linked Lists Tricks

Pass k is Mostly Bunk

Snapit: Snapshot Testing for C

Tracking Down a Regression in Mesa 3D

Be careful with Go struct embedding

Block Your Exits

Jujutsu from the Trenches

How can smart people appear incompetent?

Plan for Obsolescence

New comment by mattjhall in "Show HN: I built website for sharing Drum Patterns"

"Vibe Coding" vs. Reality

Slack: The Art of Being Busy Without Getting Anything Done

The Defer Technical Specification: It Is Time

The Future Is Niri