r/freebsd • u/grahamperrin BSD Cafe patron • Jul 24 '23

5 Reasons We Use Open Source FreeBSD as Our Enterprise OS | Jason Kafer | HackerNoon article

https://hackernoon.com/5-reasons-we-use-open-source-freebsd-as-our-enterprise-os
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u/grahamperrin BSD Cafe patron Jul 24 '23 edited Jul 24 '23

A very likeable article. The compliance management observations, in particular.

Via https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/07/24/valuable-news-2023-07-24/ thanks /u/vermaden

Initially, I was uncertain about the author:

  1. no prior history at HackerNoon
  2. the nature of HackerNoon
  3. tweets are protected – https://nitter.net/jasonkafer
  4. linked from Twitter, his home page http://www.jasonkafer.com/ can not be reached (found later, in the Wayback Machine: a 2018 capture).

After finding his LinkedIn page, I'm happy to ignore the four points above. I see:

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u/IanArcad Jul 24 '23

I agree, it's a good article by a solid technical writer. Lacks a little creative flair perhaps, but that's often asking for too much in tech.

Off-topic question - what places like that do you recommend reading and potentially writing for? Would hackernoon be a good choice? I'm thinking about long-form articles (2000+ words).

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u/grahamperrin BSD Cafe patron Jul 25 '23 edited Jul 25 '23

… a good choice?

I probably never visited HackerNoon before this article.

The article aside, my first impression of the site was:

I don't doubt their passion, however it's a ratio that makes me wonder what proportion of the content is high quality.

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