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Pet peeve: tech articles/blogs which do not prominently display when the article was written. This is the single most important fact I search for before reading

Pet peeve: tech articles/blogs which do not prominently display when the article was written. This is the single most important fact I search for before reading time sensitive tech info. I can't tell when this was written, am I missing something?

NickBusey 9y ago
I have closed articles before because there is no date. Not about to waste my time with something that could potentially be years old.
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Savageman 9y ago
My best guess would be 7 months ago (~ May 11th 2017), since most comments were made at that time.
justboxing 9y ago
Yeah, super annoying. They likely have some content marketing campaign that shares old posts at various intervals. Looks like it was published 6 months ago - 'Thu, 11 May 2017 09:14:20 -0400' to be precise. Source: The /rss feed for the blog, which shows the following for this post. <item> <title>Server-side I/O Performance: Node vs. PHP vs. Java vs. Go</title> <description>Understanding the Input/Output (I/O) model of your application can mean the difference between an application that deals with the load it is subjected to, and one that crumples in the face of real-world uses cases. Perhaps while your application is small and does not serve high loads, it may matter far less. But as your application’s traffic load increases, working with the wrong I/O model can get you into a world of hurt.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 09:14:20 -0400</pubDate> <link>https://www.toptal.com/back-end/server-side-io-performance-node-php-java-go</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">server-side-io-performance-node-php-java-go</guid> <dc:creator>BRAD PEABODY, DEVELOPER @ TOPTAL</dc:creator> <media:content url="https://uploads.toptal.io/blog/post_image/120386/02-facebook-1200x627-494cb5ae75d16fa39251cb8b7d6ae877.jpg" medium="image"/> </item> Source: https://www.toptal.com/developers/blog.rss https://www.toptal.com/developers/blog.rss
- glitcher 9y ago
  Nice sleuthing! I'm inclined to agree with your assessment about content marketing campaigns being regurgitated over time. Seems they are explicitly choosing to not show the article date in an effort to get more traffic.
  - justboxing 9y ago
    Thanks. Yes that would be my guess also. They are aggressively marketing their platform here on HN, and even in some of the HN based newsletters.

NickBusey 9y ago

I have closed articles before because there is no date. Not about to waste my time with something that could potentially be years old.

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Savageman 9y ago

My best guess would be 7 months ago (~ May 11th 2017), since most comments were made at that time.

justboxing 9y ago

Yeah, super annoying. They likely have some content marketing campaign that shares old posts at various intervals. Looks like it was published 6 months ago - 'Thu, 11 May 2017 09:14:20 -0400' to be precise. Source: The /rss feed for the blog, which shows the following for this post. <item> <title>Server-side I/O Performance: Node vs. PHP vs. Java vs. Go</title> <description>Understanding the Input/Output (I/O) model of your application can mean the difference between an application that deals with the load it is subjected to, and one that crumples in the face of real-world uses cases. Perhaps while your application is small and does not serve high loads, it may matter far less. But as your application’s traffic load increases, working with the wrong I/O model can get you into a world of hurt.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 09:14:20 -0400</pubDate> <link>https://www.toptal.com/back-end/server-side-io-performance-node-php-java-go</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">server-side-io-performance-node-php-java-go</guid> <dc:creator>BRAD PEABODY, DEVELOPER @ TOPTAL</dc:creator> <media:content url="https://uploads.toptal.io/blog/post_image/120386/02-facebook-1200x627-494cb5ae75d16fa39251cb8b7d6ae877.jpg" medium="image"/> </item> Source: https://www.toptal.com/developers/blog.rss https://www.toptal.com/developers/blog.rss

glitcher 9y ago
Nice sleuthing! I'm inclined to agree with your assessment about content marketing campaigns being regurgitated over time. Seems they are explicitly choosing to not show the article date in an effort to get more traffic.
- justboxing 9y ago
  Thanks. Yes that would be my guess also. They are aggressively marketing their platform here on HN, and even in some of the HN based newsletters.