Ask HN: Story about an ex-programmer that become a farmer

8 points by acrophobic 5y ago ↗ HN

If I remember correctly, several years ago I read a story in front page of HN about an ex-programmer who had enough with programming and decide to become a farmer (specifically potato farmer, IIRC).

Unfortunately I lost my bookmark, I forget the title and haven't been able to found it again. Does anyone have an idea which article or site is it?

Thanks!

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markus_zhang 5y ago ↗

Unrelated (actually related somewhat) but fun to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ZjqJEC1lo

asaddhamani 5y ago ↗

Can’t help you find the post this time around but to prevent this problem going forward you might find useful a tool I built that lets you search through the full text of every site you visit. https://www.crestify.com the free plan has all the features right now and it’s open source too Edit: I believe this is the post Death of a Programmer, Life of a Farmer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9492110 but the article is a dead link now :/ Archived link: https://web.archive.org/web/20170610002553/http://hello-worl...

yamrzou 5y ago ↗

Not sure as it doesn't exactly match your description, but it's close:

I Sell Onions on the Internet https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132

acrophobic 5y ago ↗

This is it! So it was onion, not potato. Thanks!