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		<h1>Posts by popularity</h1>
		<p>Posts by popularity; updated semi-regularly. Data from <a href="https://stats.arp242.net">stats.arp242.net</a> and collected since 28 May 2019.</p>
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<li><span>{{2227|number_format}}</span> <a href="/vim-myths.html">Vim myths</a></li>
<li><span>{{2160|number_format}}</span> <a href="/open-source.html">Let’s not be pedantic about “Open Source”</a></li>
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<li><span>{{1727|number_format}}</span> <a href="/right-size.html">On being the right size</a></li>
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<li><span>{{828|number_format}}</span> <a href="/being-right.html">Being right</a></li>
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