Identifying Post Authors
This cluster consists of comments where users identify or reveal the authors of Hacker News posts, often highlighting notable tech figures, developers, or creators of popular tools and projects.
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Mostly likely referring to Steve Klabnik https://archive.is/BtDaA
I think they mean Anil Dash - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Dash
It's actually a single guy, Marijn Haverbeke. He is also the author of "Eloquent JavaScript".https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/
That would be Chris Soghoian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Soghoian
Not FAR. It was Eugene Roshal[1][1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Roshal
Apparently this is written by the co-founder of Ars Technica.
I think you're looking for Eben Moglen.
The guy's name is Xah Lee. He's also here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=xahlee
Likely the author is Jamie Zawinski, one of the creators of Netscape and proprietor of a SF music venue and all-around hacker legend.
The author appears to be the founder of one of the technologies listed at the end of the post.