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Kev Quirk
Personal blog · kevquirk.comhardwaredesignculture
Kev Quirk's personal blog at kevquirk.com covers hardware, design and culture. Since 2022, 46 different Hacker News readers have linked it 71 times, most often “iOS Mail Is Shite”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Kev Quirk's blog for posts on Mastodon's load on personal sites, switching browsers and phones, plaintext email, and blogging. Commenters mostly cite it as a source.
- Recommended for · 2 comments
- One commenter calls the Firefox data-selling argument reasonable; another says the plaintext email post makes a few good points despite its snarky tone.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Welcome to Kev Quirk's little corner of the internet. Here you can find out lots of information about me, how to contact me and, of course, my blog.
Most-linked posts?
- /is-firefox-firefucked2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-28
- iOS Mail Is Shite2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-02-27
- Are you making these design mistakes on your blog?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-12
- Career Snakes and Ladders2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-21
- Introducing Pure Blog2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-10
- Do you use:visited on links?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-21
- I’d Love a Dumb Phone, But2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-02
What Hacker News says?
It's not personal, but Mastodon has DDoSed my website and many others, e.g.: https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-link-problem/ https://kevquirk.com/blog/mastodon-is-ddosing-me/ https://chris.partridge.tech/2022/request-amplification-in-m... https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/11/mastodon-stampede/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/06/mastodon_delays_fix_d... Mastodon servers' collective behaviour DDoSes the sites its user…
Comment linking /blog/mastodon-is-ddosing-me/
on “I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon”Submitted Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019) as a story · 382 points
HN discussionFeel free to remove my comment if it's not allowed. I am _very_ disappointed with Lemmy. The community is full of echo chambers, and that's already bad. But what broke the camel's back for me is the fact that one of the Lemmy creators one day literally posted what I will describe as a propaganda website. I had to double check, but nope, it definitely is a propaganda website. The fact that you made a software just to…
Comment linking /blog/linux-elitism-again
on “Hacker News for Gamedev”Submitted Forget Twitter threads and write a blog post instead (2021) as a story · 173 points
HN discussionThey lost me with their article "Why I’m Ditching Android" which is a switch from Google to Apple. Just like switching from Coke to Pepsi is not going to help you lose weight. You have to make a real change to be private. https://kevquirk.com/why-im-ditching-android
Comment linking /why-im-ditching-android
on “Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019)”Submitted I switched to Brave as a story · 125 points
HN discussionThe "We won't sell you data, pinky promise..." argument from article https://kevquirk.com/is-firefox-firefucked is reasonable, but if you're really hating AI ... well, Brave has their own AI called Leo, which is IMO even better implemented than Firefox's.
Comment linking /is-firefox-firefucked
on “I switched to Brave”Submitted Is Firefox Firefucked? as a story · 52 points
HN discussionThe author has a lot to say about firefox [1]. I use it and don't really have problems. Maybe 1/200 sites works not as well. I have had wayyy more issues on Safari. It seems like most of their criticisms are a gut feeling of declining quality due to their intentions with AI. I don't love that, but the browser still works for me. What do other people think? [1] https://kevquirk.com/is-firefox-firefucked
Comment linking /is-firefox-firefucked
on “I switched to Brave”Submitted Stop Explaining What Things Are as a story · 24 points
HN discussionA response to the site in question: https://kevquirk.com/use-plaintext-email While the tone is (overly) snarky, it does make a few good points.
Comment linking /use-plaintext-email
on “Use Plaintext Email (2019)”Submitted My Thoughts on the Fosstodon Drama as a story · 16 points
HN discussion>Of course the email is for suckers as it has more than enough clues about being scam but I guess some poor souls might actually fall for it. I wonder whether that type of comment is in line with Hacker News Guidelines. In any case, blaming or demeaning scam victims (what you call "suckers" and "poor souls") only adds to the psychological damage that those people experience. There are plenty of studies, recommendati…
Comment linking /i-was-nearly-phished/
on “NameCheap's email hacked to send Metamask, DHL phishing emails”Submitted YouTube Shorts Are Like Crack as a story · 10 points
HN discussionKev Quirk celebrated ten years of blogging today, he seems pretty happy https://kevquirk.com/ten-years-of-blogging/
Comment linking /ten-years-of-blogging/
on “Ask HN: Has your blog benefited you in any way?”Submitted iOS Mail Is Shite as a story · 10 points
HN discussionI wanted to love it but I agree with Kev Quirk's take: https://kevquirk.com/micro-blog-is-still-confusing/
Comment linking /micro-blog-is-still-confusing/
on “How to Start Your Blog in 2023”Submitted Career Snakes and Ladders as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Decided on the Framework 13 for My Next Laptop as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted I'm Switching Back to Android as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mastodon Is DDoSing Me as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Discover New Blogs as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Lobste.rs Is Better Than Hacker News as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Do You Need Big Tech for Your SSG? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Switching Back to Jekyll and Building My Own CMS as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted iOS Mail Is Shite – Kev Quirk as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Blogging Utopia as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Don't Remember the Last Time I Checked Mastodon as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do you use:visited on links? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Publishing Your Salary as a story · 3 points
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