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    TechReflect

    techreflect.net · Personal blog · on HN since 2020

    Blog by a former Apple engineer sharing stories from working on Aperture, Mac OS X, and other Apple projects.

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    Mobile & AppleHistoryTech Industry
    What HN says

    One commenter loves the whole blog as a look inside Apple and read every post; another criticizes a rambling post as a poor model for speaking out.

    Stats for nerds
    22HN people shared it
    36linked in comments
    387story points
    Mar 2020last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Apple Aperture: Senior QA (2004-2005)
      4 people · 155 points · first shared 2020 · 71 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Rising from the Ashes: Stage Manager
      2 people · 58 points · first shared 2022 · 6 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Magic Mailboxes
      1 person · 47 points · first shared 2020 · 11 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Things I'd Change About Auto-Correct
      1 person · 41 points · first shared 2020 · 62 comments on HN
    5. 5
      The Power of Dopey Ideas
      1 person · 28 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
    6. 6
      This Icon Is Too Horsey
      1 person · 7 points · first shared 2020 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      Rising from the Ashes: Stage Manager
      1 person · 7 points · first shared 2022 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      Desktop Pictures Taken by Steve Jobs
      4 people · 6 points · first shared 2020 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      The little things Apple misses from Steve Jobs
      2 people · 5 points · first shared 2020 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      Apple Books 2022, in Pictures
      2 people · 4 points · first shared 2022 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • hobofanMar 2020

      I wouldn't want to encourage anyone else to write such a rambling "speaking out" blog post that you can't really take anything away from. There are good ways to write such blog posts, e.g these accounts from an ex-Apple employee[0], that nicely lay out what was going wrong. I tried to extract similar information from this blog post, but failed, as it was filled with so many detours, vagueness, and subjective name calling about the company in general rather than an actual retelling on how he personally was supposedly mistreated.

      [0]: https://techreflect.net/2019/12/10/aperture-senior-qa-2004-2005/

    • WowfunhappyMar 2020

      I love this entire blog! I learned about it when another story—about the development of Aperature—was posted to HN a few weeks ago, and I've since read through every post. Great little peak inside of Apple.

      I think my favorite, very short story might be: https://techreflect.net/2019/05/30/horsey/

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