Hacker Blog Posts

Blog directory

Every blog with at least one post that made it on Hacker News, ranked by the points its posts collected. 22,222 blogs.

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PointsPostsCitedRecently activeA–Z
#BlogBest-known postPostsPoints
51 Charlie Strossantipope.org Oh, 2022 65 13,867
52 Scott Alexanderslatestarcodex.com I Am Deleting the Blog 98 13,803
53 Brendan Greggbrendangregg.com An Unbelievable Demo 41 13,732
54 Kyle Kingsburyaphyr.com Acing the technical interview 49 13,407
55 Jim Nielsenblog.jim-nielsen.com Sanding UI 32 13,358
56 Justine Tunneyjustine.lol Show HN: Redbean – Single-file distributable web server 24 13,148
57 Michał Zalewski (lcamtuf)lcamtuf.substack.com Fake Books 50 12,801
58 Colin Percivaldaemonology.net On the Use of a Life 60 12,799
59 Bret Devereaux (A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry)acoup.blog Miscellanea: The War in Iran 66 12,598
60 Xe Iasoxeiaso.net Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit 37 12,291
61 Gergely Oroszblog.pragmaticengineer.com Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well 35 11,981
62 Jeff Johnsonlapcatsoftware.com Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 32 11,955
63 Hillel Waynebuttondown.email Please read the paper before you comment 47 11,927
64 Joel on Softwarejoelonsoftware.com Victory Lap for Ask Patents 113 11,803
65 Zach Holmanzachholman.com Fired 38 11,719
66 Ibrahim Dialloidiallo.com The Machine Fired Me 24 11,714
67 Neal Agarwalneal.fun Stimulation Clicker 12 11,601
68 Hillel Waynehillelwayne.com The hunt for the missing data type 49 11,407
69 Alex Kladov (matklad)matklad.github.io Architecture.md 44 11,268
70 Bruce Dawsonrandomascii.wordpress.com 24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse 42 11,119
71 bunnie's blogbunniestudios.com Why I’m Suing the US Government 39 10,918
72 Terence Taoterrytao.wordpress.com John Conway 50 10,713
73 Scott Aaronsonscottaaronson.com First they came for the Iranians 50 10,542
74 Avery Pennarunapenwarr.ca 100 years of whatever this will be 37 10,539
75 Andrew Gelmanstatmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan election 50 10,482
76 Adrian Colyer (The Morning Paper)blog.acolyer.org Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud 56 10,436
77 Stephen Wolframwritings.stephenwolfram.com In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years 37 10,417
78 Bert Hubertberthub.eu It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds 35 10,320
79 Josh Comeaujoshwcomeau.com CSS Gradients that avoid the “gray dead zone” 32 10,315
80 Robert Heatonrobertheaton.com Wacom tablets track every app you open 26 10,254
81 Robert O'Callahanrobert.ocallahan.org Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software 36 10,141
82 Max Woolfminimaxir.com Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation 40 10,047
83 Dan Abramovoverreacted.io Goodbye, Clean Code 23 10,023
84 Farnam Streetfs.blog Efficiency Is the Enemy 48 9,969
85 Daniel Aleksandersenctrl.blog Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users 33 9,869
86 Ben Coxblog.benjojo.co.uk Writing userspace USB drivers for abandoned devices 40 9,731
87 Gabriel Weinberggabrielweinberg.com AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time 55 9,316
88 Cal Newportcalnewport.com Taking a break from social media makes you happier and less anxious 44 9,284
89 Sabine Hossenfelderbackreaction.blogspot.com Outraged about the Google diversity memo? 44 9,247
90 Peteris Kruminscatonmat.net Browserling goes viral with cheap phone users trying to use WhatsApp 57 9,150
91 Dustin Curtisdcurt.is The Fight 32 9,122
92 Amos Wengerfasterthanli.me A half-hour to learn Rust 23 9,062
93 Chris Grangerchris-granger.com Light Table - a new IDE concept 23 9,055
94 Matt Stoller (BIG)mattstoller.substack.com WeWork and Counterfeit Capitalism 27 9,045
95 Brandur Leachbrandur.org Learning from Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces 39 9,025
96 BIG by Matt Stollerthebignewsletter.com Judge rules Apple executive lied under oath, makes criminal contempt referral 28 8,965
97 J. B. Crawfordcomputer.rip ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood 37 8,925
98 Stephen Diehlstephendiehl.com Et Tu, Signal? 34 8,749
99 Brian Potterconstruction-physics.com How an oil refinery works 37 8,686
100 Maciej Cegłowskiblog.pinboard.in My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT 26 8,683