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784 blogs on writing that Hacker News keeps linking to.

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    Paul Graham paulgraham.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 715 in 2013 · 289 this year5,106 people4 recommendwritingstartupsphilosophy
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    Wait But Why waitbutwhy.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 154 in 2015 · 24 this year802 people23 recommendlast post 2025-11-25culturephilosophywriting
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    Things Of Interest qntm.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 117 in 2023 · 78 this year719 people11 recommendlast post 2026-06-29programmingwriting
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    Maciej Cegłowski idlewords.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 120 in 2019 · 64 this year679 people8 recommendlast post 2026-10-17culturewriting
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    The Marginalian brainpickings.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 86 in 2013 · 0 this year503 people12 recommendlast post 2026-11-01culturewritingphilosophy
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    The Popehat Report popehat.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 130 in 2013 · 7 this year396 people5 recommendlast post 2026-06-25politicswriting
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    Butterick’s Practical Typography practicaltypography.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 44 in 2018 · 17 this year316 people12 recommendlast post 2018-04-30inactivedesignwriting
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    fuzzy notepad eev.ee
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 86 in 2016 · 8 this year311 people3 recommendlast post 2025-07-22programmingwriting
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    Eric Meyer meyerweb.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 36 in 2015 · 16 this year311 people7 recommendlast post 2026-10-14webdesignwriting
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    Cory Doctorow craphound.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 37 in 2020 · 15 this year304 people11 recommendlast post 2026-10-12writingpoliticsculture
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    Ghost ghost.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 45 in 2022 · 7 this year260 peoplelast post 2026-05-03companystartupswriting
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    Andy Baio waxy.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 35 in 2022 · 5 this year215 people2 recommendlast post 2026-10-31culturegameswriting
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    inessential.com inessential.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 52 in 2019 · 15 this year206 people10 recommendlast post 2026-09-22programmingwriting
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    John Scalzi whatever.scalzi.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 39 in 2013 · 18 this year194 people14 recommendlast post 2026-11-01writingculture
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    Matt Taibbi taibbi.substack.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 138 in 2021 · 0 this year181 people3 recommendlast post 2026-10-29politicswriting
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    Scott H. Young scotthyoung.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 36 in 2020 · 8 this year177 people13 recommendlast post 2026-10-28productivitywriting
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    The $40,000,000 Blunt From Mars stilldrinking.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 29 in 2015 · 9 this year174 people14 recommendno feedculturegameswriting
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    iA ia.net
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 43 in 2023 · 13 this year174 peoplelast post 2026-10-20companydesignwriting
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    Jeff Johnson lapcatsoftware.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 97 in 2026 · 97 this year169 people4 recommendlast post 2026-10-29programmingwriting
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    Jeff Kaufman jefftk.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 113 in 2020 · 43 this year169 people1 recommendlast post 2026-11-01programmingwriting
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    Scott Berkun scottberkun.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 54 in 2010 · 0 this year163 people14 recommendlast post 2026-10-08designcareerwriting
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    Seth Godin seths.blog
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 175 in 2022 · 37 this year158 people6 recommendlast post 2026-11-01businesswriting
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    Kevin Simler meltingasphalt.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 27 in 2020 · 6 this year158 people4 recommendlast post 2020-03-17inactivephilosophywriting
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    James Somers jsomers.net
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 25 in 2010 · 8 this year154 people15 recommendlast post 2026-04-09programmingwriting
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    Robin Sloan robinsloan.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 50 in 2025 · 31 this year147 people13 recommendlast post 2026-11-01writingculture
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    Mastering Emacs masteringemacs.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 43 in 2022 · 10 this year144 people17 recommendlast post 2026-08-24programmingwriting
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    Anil Dash anildash.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 53 in 2025 · 50 this year140 people2 recommendlast post 2026-10-23culturewritingbusiness
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    Matt Gemmell mattgemmell.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 38 in 2012 · 0 this year139 people5 recommendlast post 2026-10-26programmingwriting
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    Maggie Appleton maggieappleton.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 54 in 2023 · 39 this year136 people4 recommendlast post 2026-09-14designprogrammingwriting
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    Jeffrey Zeldman zeldman.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 24 in 2009 · 7 this year135 people4 recommendlast post 2026-10-29designwebwriting