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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marijnhaverbeke.nl PHP SOPA LDN CVS youtube.com aaronsw.com SF node.js HN author creator factorio founder think talking erlang fame guy martin mod

Sample Comments

erics32 Mar 23, 2016 View on HN

Mostly likely referring to Steve Klabnik https://archive.is/BtDaA

mbrutsch Apr 13, 2016 View on HN

I think they mean Anil Dash - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Dash

pier25 Jul 13, 2020 View on HN

It's actually a single guy, Marijn Haverbeke. He is also the author of "Eloquent JavaScript".https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/

adw May 23, 2018 View on HN

That would be Chris Soghoian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Soghoian

leonardinius Dec 30, 2015 View on HN

Not FAR. It was Eugene Roshal[1][1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Roshal

citricsquid Feb 13, 2013 View on HN

Apparently this is written by the co-founder of Ars Technica.

yepguy Mar 20, 2015 View on HN

I think you're looking for Eben Moglen.

gaws Jun 6, 2021 View on HN

The guy's name is Xah Lee. He's also here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=xahlee

danso Mar 17, 2014 View on HN

Likely the author is Jamie Zawinski, one of the creators of Netscape and proprietor of a SF music venue and all-around hacker legend.

aaronpk Feb 3, 2018 View on HN

The author appears to be the founder of one of the technologies listed at the end of the post.