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explore-flask
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rpicard / explore-flask

explore-flask

Source of Explore Flask book

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What it is

Source of Explore Flask book

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

Excellent resource. I supported the Kickstarter. Helped review and edit the alpha and beta versions. And I just submitted my first pull -…

mjhea0 used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 4:00:59 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-12-02 16:51:54 UTC to 2014-06-09 13:04:02 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0123452013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsDec 22013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMar 32014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-04-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-04-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-04-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-04-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 commentsJun 9

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Dec 22013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC202
Dec 92013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 162013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 232013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 302013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 62014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 132014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 202014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 272014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 32014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 102014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 172014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 242014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 32014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 102014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 172014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 242014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 312014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 72014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC2014-04-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 142014-04-14 00:00:00 UTC2014-04-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 212014-04-21 00:00:00 UTC2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 282014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC000
May 52014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC000
May 122014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC000
May 192014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-26 00:00:00 UTC000
May 262014-05-26 00:00:00 UTC2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 22014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 92014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC514

What Hacker News says

7 sources
darylyu·Jun 9, 2014
This is from the email Robert Picard sent... Hi everyone! I've decided that I didn't write this book to run a business. I'm tired of managing distribution channels and looking at sales stats. I want this book to be open and available for everyone. I've released Explore Flask into the public domain and I've spent the last week converting it to Sphinx so I could make it available at http://exploreflask.com. The project is going to be maintained in the GitHub repository at https://github.com/rpicard/explore-flask. I look forward to working with the book as a living document into the future. Thank you to everyone who purchased the 1.0 release of the book. The sales numbers weren't huge, but they allowed me to compensate my awesome editor, Will Kahn-Greene for all of his hard work. Another thanks to everyone who purchased the pre-release. That
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money kept me afloat before I landed the great job I'm currently enjoying! Feel free to get involved on GitHub. Pull requests are welcome! - Robert
In Explore Flask is now in the public domain
roryokane·Jun 9, 2014
The license is also stated on the index page https://github.com/rpicard/explore-flask/blob/master/source/... (live page: http://exploreflask.com/). He talks a little about this reasoning on that page: > I finally released the book, after spending almost a year working on it. Almost immediately I was tired of managing distribution and limiting the book's audience by putting it behind a paywall. I didn't write a book to run a business, I wrote it to put some helpful content out there and help grow the Flask community. > […] > In the spirit of open source software, I'm placing all of the content in this book in the public domain.
In Explore Flask is now in the public domain

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