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Christopher Schwarz
Personal blog · christopherschwarz.substack.comdesignwriting
Christopher Schwarz writes The American Peasant, a personal blog at christopherschwarz.substack.com about design and writing. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
The unfiltered, PG-13 substack of woodworker and writer Christopher Schwarz. Posts cover folk furniture, running a woodworking business and generally pulling down the pants of craftsmen who have a giant stick up their butts. Two posts a week. Click to read The American Peasant, a Substack publicatio
What Hacker News says?
Submitted Air-dried vs. Kiln-dried Wood as a story · 159 points
HN discussionSubmitted How the Influencer Business Works (In Woodworking) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Story Behind Paul and Pascale’s $10,000 Grants to 21 Woodworkers (Part 1) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Earlywood: Death to Disposable Furniture as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Peeling Apart Plywood to Understand How It Works as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Finishing with Smoke, Earth and Oil as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 4 Chairs Down, 400 to Build as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making 5/8" Sticks: A Cheap(ish) Hack as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted <Verb> the Damn <Noun> After <Verbing> as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bob Flexner, Crusader for Truth, 1940-2024 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rippling Impact of Grants to Woodworkers (Part 2) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Campaign Bookcase for Lighthouse Keepers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Earlywood: Hubris as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Earlywood: Things That Get Mispronounced in Woodworking as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Design a Vernacular Chair as a story · 1 points
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