Nicholas C. Zakas ✓

@slicknet · Boston, MA · joined 25 Nov 2008

Creator of @geteslint and @bredboxapp. Author. Coach. Real estate investor. GitHub Star. Blog at @humanwhocodes. @nzakas@fosstodon.org bsky: @humanwhocodes.com

58 534Followers

72Following

27 732Posts total

7.2KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Nicholas C. Zakas ✓@slicknet11 Sep

Looking for something new to try this weekend? Give @bredboxapp a try. It's my read-later app and I think you'll really enjoy it. ☺️ https://t.co/5gfreyLk7P 1.9K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicholas C. Zakas ✓@slicknet11 Sep

This was a lot of fun to build. Uses the web speech APIs to read your articles out loud. 1.9K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicholas C. Zakas ✓@slicknet10 Sep

In case you missed it, I wrote about the different ways software engineers interact with AI. There’s not a one size fits all approach and it depends on how much control you want over the output. https://t.co/3oIe8uvriM 1.6K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicholas C. Zakas ✓@slicknet10 Sep

Wow Drake Maye. Did you forget you were playing for the Patriots? Eesh. 1.9K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicholas C. Zakas ✓@slicknet12 Jan 2022

I'm excited to share my first new book (or e-book) in over five years! Understanding JavaScript Promises explains not just how promises work but also how to use them in the real world. And the best part? It's free. Grab yours now. https://t.co/BydS3RpqOv https://t.co/WZEEqnSJ8h

0 views · 1.2K likes · 286 reposts · 31 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views1 866this account922median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.19%this account3.39%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.00%this account1.53%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 866	922	2.02×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.19%	3.39%	0.94×
Engagement rate	0.00%	1.53%	0.00×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.9K10 Sep

1.6K

1.9K11 Sep

1.9K

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.00%10 Sep

0.51%

0.00%11 Sep

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.53%.

What the audience does

Likes42.1%8 in total

Bookmarks57.9%11 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.