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    Jan Lehnardt

    writing.jan.io · Personal blog · on HN since 2011

    Jan Lehnardt is an Apache CouchDB developer who writes about open source maintenance, licensing, CouchDB conflicts and Mustache.js.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters cite his post on CouchDB conflicts when discussing sync behavior, and quote his opinion on GitHub in a discussion of social coding.

    Stats for nerds
    17HN people shared it
    15linked in comments
    255story points
    Nov 2024last shared
    2015people per year2024

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      The Parable of Mustache.js
      1 person · 89 points · first shared 2013 · 14 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Let’s Start a Revolution
      1 person · 71 points · first shared 2013 · 25 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Mustache 2.0 and the Future of Mustache.js
      1 person · 57 points · first shared 2011 · 41 comments on HN
    4. 4
      The State of CouchDB
      1 person · 11 points · first shared 2013 · 4 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Understanding the Facebook vs. Apache Software Foundation License Kerfuffle
      3 people · 9 points · first shared 2017 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      The Maintainers Perspective Or, How I Learned to Stop Caring and Love Open Source
      3 people · 6 points · first shared 2017 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      Sustainable Open Source
      2 people · 6 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      Understanding CouchDB Conflicts
      2 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      The Wartime CEO
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      User-centric vs. Enterprise Products or a Small Utopia
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • SahAssarNov 2024

      How does PouchDB deal with conflicts when syncing to CouchDB?

      ~~Since the docs mention this being a bit of an open problem a decade ago when dealing with online clients and servers (https://writing.jan.io/2013/12/19/understanding-couchdb-conflicts.html) I'd imagine its a bit more complex with many intermittently online clients.~~

      Documented here: https://pouchdb.com/guides/conflicts.html

    • musha68kJul 2015

      Well, I'm not too sure - GitHub is part of how we roll in 2015, right? Git based version control with that is part of our culture now --> social programming :)

      Edit:
      OK so Jan Lenhardt's thoughts on this: "I'd stay away from it"
      https://twitter.com/janl/status/621667609986076672
      http://writing.jan.io/2012/07/22/jsfab.html

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