[anaheim]

"Look, here's a pretty way to configure git! This can also be done in these 17 other ways, wheeeee! It's 2012 and the top article is how to configure colours in 'git log'"

Seriously, boffins. Stop posting this stuff already. Better techniques are nice, but good only if they're revolutionary (like that Light Table editor). We need more new, ground-breaking stuff and less arrangements of Linus's Lego bricks.

[epaga]

"good only if revolutionary" sure would make for a sparse & boring HN front page...

I appreciate this tip (and upvoted it) as I hadn't thought of the idea before. Revolutionary? No. Helpful? Absolutely.

[gioele]

> "good only if revolutionary" sure would make for a sparse & boring HN front page...

Sparse yes, boring I don't think so.

[dereferenced2]

agree 100%. the '5 minute' newscycle of tech blogs leads to needless repetition of dumb stuff.

[dredmorbius]

Any news cycle tends to repetition of stuff.

There's the annual calendar of "news" stories pertaining to major holidays, sports events, and political cycles.

If you've lived a few years (or decades) in any particular area, you'll find a recycled set of "places to go, things to do, sights to see" articles.

If you've lived through a few economic cycles, there's a very predictable trend through boom, cusp, bust, downturn, recovery cycles (NB: still in the downturn).

News is cyclic. Not everyone knows everything. Reiterating the basics every so often is necessary.

The challenge isn't not doing it, but getting the balance right.