Paolo Amoroso

journal.paoloamoroso.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2022

Paolo Amoroso writes about Lisp, Medley Interlisp, retro computing, and Pascal, and runs his computing on a Chromebox.

What HN saysHN links his posts on Medley Interlisp and his Chromebox setup, and commenters use his site for newsletter recommendations and RSS feed details.
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Most-shared posts

  1. 1
    Rediscovering the origins of my Lisp journey
    4 people · 23 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
  2. 2
    Testing Practical Common Lisp Code on Medley Interlisp
    2 people · 23 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
  3. 3
    Why I Use a Chromebox
    2 people · 19 points · first shared 2022 · 14 comments on HN
  4. 4
    My Encounter with Medley Interlisp
    2 people · 11 points · first shared 2023 · 1 comments on HN
  5. 5
    Reading Recursion via Pascal
    2 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
  6. 6
    Reading "A Programmer's Guide to Common Lisp"
    1 people · 197 points · first shared 2024 · 128 comments on HN
  7. 7
    Rediscovering Turbo Pascal
    1 people · 68 points · first shared 2024 · 16 comments on HN
  8. 8
    Exploring Interlisp-10 and Twenex
    1 people · 49 points · first shared 2025 · 4 comments on HN
  9. 9
    I cancelled my Replit subscription
    1 people · 28 points · first shared 2023 · 4 comments on HN
  10. 10
    ChromeOS to Linux migration: requirements and setup
    1 people · 12 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
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  12. 12
    System76 Merkaat with Linux Mint: first impressions
    1 people · 6 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
  13. 13
    Enjoying the Stability of Linux
    1 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
  14. 14
    How to Build Medley Interlisp
    1 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
  15. 15
    Managing pure Common Lisp files on Medley
    1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN

What HN people wrote when they linked it

pamoroso · 2022-10-25
I maintain a list of the tech and creator newsletters I subscribe to: https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/my-favorite-tech-and-creator-newslett…
implements · 2023-11-19
> but I assumed Lisp hackers would be on something beefier. He’s using an “Intel CORE i7 ASUS Chromebox 3 with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB storage”. https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/why-i-use-a-chromebox Previously discussed here, oddly enough: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32743576
zulln · 2023-08-19
> Topics I regularly blog about (append /feed/ to the uRL to get the RSS feed) https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/about I think I agree with your overall point, but it is mentioned on the site where to find the RSS feed.
elviejo · 2023-01-17
Medley interlisp appeared on HN a few days ago. https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/my-encounter-with-medley-interlisp

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