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    Chris Lema

    chrislema.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2013

    Chris Lema writes about software development, product, pricing, and leadership, with essays on high performers and finishing work.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters point to his Done Done essays on taking work to completion and his post on the programmer, developer, and engineer terms.

    Stats for nerds
    20HN people shared it
    17linked in comments
    32story points
    Aug 2023last shared
    2017people per year2023

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Programmer, Developer, Engineer: What's in a Name?
      4 people · 6 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    2. 2
      The Invasion of the Lightweights
      2 people · 4 points · first shared 2013 · Discussion on HN
    3. 3
      The AI Memory Solution We All Need (No, It's Not OpenClaw)
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2026 · 2 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Three Reasons Why High Performers Quit
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      Is Interactive Video the New Normal for ECommerce?
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2021 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Choosing a Pricing Strategy
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2023 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      List of Leading CRMs for 2016 by Chris Lema
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      You know who’s holding you back, right?
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Are you using Video Testimonials yet?
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2021 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      Behind the scenes of a site redesign
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2013 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • fyfy18Nov 2018

      Disqus is really bad in terms of privacy of users [0] (that article was from 2014, now I guess it's on par with most other sites).

      I'm not really sure what the answer is as if it's going to work on a static site, the comments need some sort of backend. Most people aren't going to host it themselves, so that leads to these issues, as nobody will pay for a commenting system.

      [0] https://chrislema.com/killed-disqus-commenting/

    • alex-mohrAug 2023

      See also Chris Lema's "Done Done" essays[0] and book[1] for more about the value of taking things to finished.

      [0]: https://chrislema.com/a-done-done-culture-habit-one/

      [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Done-Culture-Habits-Performers-ebook/dp/B009VV0CTI

    • jsudhamsAug 2017

      We do have programmer, developer and engineer. I assume the framework developer will come in league of developer while the user is programmer

      http://chrislema.com/programmer-developer-engineer/

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