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Jason Eckert
jasoneckert.github.io · Personal blog · on HN since 2020
Jason Eckert writes about vintage and unusual hardware like the SPARCbook, plus ARM64 Linux workstations and open source licensing.
What HN saysHN commenters praise his SPARCbook posts as the only detailed coverage online, and link his Mac Studio Asahi Linux and copyleft articles.
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Most-shared posts
- 1SPARCbook 3000ST: The coolest 90s laptop (2019)3 people · 291 points · first shared 2021 · 111 comments on HN
- 2Ontario's Computer: The Burroughs ICON2 people · 153 points · first shared 2022 · 34 comments on HN
- 3ARM64 Linux Workstation2 people · 105 points · first shared 2023 · 39 comments on HN
- 4Copyleft Is Dying2 people · 5 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 5SPARCbook Teardown2 people · 5 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 6Grace Blackwell Desktop Supercomputer: First Impressions2 people · 4 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 7The Galaga no-fire-cheat mystery (2012)2 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 8Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions2 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 9Github discussions blog2 people · first shared 2025
- 10Using Asahi Linux as a developer workstation1 people · 79 points · first shared 2022 · 25 comments on HN
- 11Microsoft probably killed my Snapdragon Dev Kit1 people · 15 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 12Canada: The Unsung Hero of AI Innovation1 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · 2 comments on HN
- 13Win10 Is Nearing End-of-Life: What Should You Do Next?1 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · 4 comments on HN
- 14The time I yoga-balled an Apple store employee1 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 15Linux is Making Apple Great Again1 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
jasoneckert · 2026-03-30
For me, drawing the line as to when you will leverage AI and when you won't comes down to a quote from Kurt Vonnegut: "Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something."
Art is where I choose to draw the line, for both ideation and content generation. That work report I leveraged AI to help flush out isn't art, but my personal blog is, as is anything I must internalize (that is thoroughly understand and remember). This is why I have the following disclaimer on my blog (and yes, the typo on this page is purposeful!): https://jasoneckert.github.io/site/about-this-site/
bpye · 2024-01-18
I searched for that laptop and your blog [0,1] is the only result I found. I love it.
[0] https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/sparcbook3000st-the-coolest-90s-l…
[1] https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/sparcbook-teardown/
kakarot253 · 2025-09-30
You can use github for comments, I had implemented it on my blog earlier. Currently removed the section completly. Here is an example on this site.
https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/github-discussions-blog/
runjake · 2024-08-20
These blog posts are from 2023, but they go over the experience with a Mac Studio:
https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/ultimate-linux-arm64-workstation/
https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/fedora-asahi-remix/
evanjrowley · 2024-01-19
In case anyone wanted to read the article shown in the picture, here's the link: https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/copyleft-is-dying/
I facepalm'd when I realized the image itself was in the same article.