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Andy Budd

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Andy Budd's personal blog at andybudd.com covers design, career and writing. Since 2008, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “How Tower Bridge Changed My Relationship With Twitter”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-11, and you can follow it by feed.

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23mentions?
20HN people?
2008–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Andy Budd's posts on what it costs to run a well-run developer conference, including speaker fees, and on the myth that Europe is overregulated compared with the US.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Andy is a designer at heart, and firmly believes in the power of design to build loyalty, delight users, and create competitive advantage.

Most-linked posts?

  1. /archives/2011/09/theres_a_lot_of_nonsense/
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-05-04
  2. How Tower Bridge Changed My Relationship With Twitter
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-06-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. mgkimsal · 2012-05-04
    http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2011/09/theres_a_lot_of_non... This conference listed that they paid each speaker $2000, plus travel and hotel. I understand the dilemma they're trying to avoid. By paying this rate, they're trying to ensure professional speakers of presumably high quality. They contrast this with other options: "Should all conferences be a single day long and only feature unpaid and inexperienced sp…

    Comment linking /archives/2011/09/theres_a_lot_of_nonsense/

    on “Overpriced Developer Conferences”
  2. josephscott · 2016-01-16

    Submitted In defence of the hamburger menu as a story · 40 points

    HN discussion
  3. jrmg · 2012-05-04Recommends
    I think it's important to separate the question of whether _this_ conference was badly run, and too expensive, from whether all conferences are. This conference sounds like it was terrible. A well run conference, though, costs a lot more to stage than you might expect. Andy Budd wrote an illuminating article on the subject last year: http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2011/09/theres_a_lot_of_non...

    Comment linking /archives/2011/09/theres_a_lot_of_nonsense/

    on “Overpriced Developer Conferences”
  4. ChrisArchitect · 2011-06-13

    Submitted How Tower Bridge Changed My Relationship With Twitter as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  5. mnewme · 2026-07-18Recommends
    This whole story that Europe suffers from overregulation is just in parts true, and mainly lazy thinking. In fact there was a study by an American law school that came to the conclusion that the US has more bureaucracy than many European countries… Recommended read: https://www.andybudd.com/archives/2026/04/the-lazy-myth-that...

    Comment linking /archives/2026/04/the-lazy-myth-that-europe-regulated-itself-into-decline

    on “EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application”
  6. muriithi · 2012-01-27

    Submitted UX Developer is a misleading and potentially damaging job title as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. madmotive · 2009-04-24

    Submitted Andy Budd: My First Impressions of Balsamiq as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  8. urbanjunkie · 2011-04-01

    Submitted SEO practitioners are the digital equivalent of bankers as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. hazelnut-tree · 2022-06-29

    Submitted The slow but inevitable demise of UX Design as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. open-source-ux · 2017-01-07

    Submitted Why can’t designers solve more meaningful problems? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. anu_gupta · 2013-08-17

    Submitted Paying Speakers is Better for Everybody as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. thatcoolguy · 2012-04-26

    Submitted Most Web Design Agencies Suck as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. denysonique · 2012-03-13

    Submitted How Tower Bridge Changed My Relationship With Twitter as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. joshuacc · 2011-12-22

    Submitted The Tyranny of the Minimum Viable Product as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. sirbrad · 2011-12-03

    Submitted Why designers are holding themselves back as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. another-dave · 2025-07-04

    Submitted Design Leadership in the Age of AI as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. open-source-ux · 2021-05-12

    Submitted A professional home video conferencing set-up as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. danw · 2011-09-15

    Submitted Conference Nonsense as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. joshuacc · 2011-04-04

    Submitted Redesign Outrage - Why users tend to dislike redesigns as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. alanh · 2011-04-01

    Submitted Andy Budd on Redesign Outrage as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. sami_b · 2011-03-27

    Submitted Stop the press Design costs money? | Andy Budd as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. jot · 2010-01-03

    Submitted 7 Ways to Improve your Public Speaking (at web conferences) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. danw · 2008-01-14

    Submitted On Experts and Expertise as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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