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Dmitry Fadeyev
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Dmitry Fadeyev's personal blog at fadeyev.net covers design, web and writing. Since 2010, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Moral Design”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link fadeyev.net for the 'moral design' essay, which commenters call one of the best things posted on HN, and for a getting-started guide to the Toto flat-file blog engine.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Moral Design3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2012-07-08
- Getting Started With Toto, a Tiny WordPress Killer3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-05-10
What Hacker News says?
> I disagree with your drastic metaphor. I don't think that using a single word: "Recomended" is any kind of masterful psychological ploy. Where did I call it masterful? What even gave you that impression? Huh. > And a trick is only a trick if it dosen't work. Otherwise, they are providing value. Even if it's just a Japanese Robotic Dog. The question is, to whom are they providing value, and what value is it. Just "…
Comment linking /2012/06/19/moral-design/
on “Ideas on how to improve customer conversion and ease of use”Submitted Less.js will obsolete CSS as a story · 202 points
HN discussionsame author as the OP, and one of the best things I ever saw posted on HN: http://fadeyev.net/2012/06/19/moral-design/
Comment linking /2012/06/19/moral-design/
on “Authentic Design”Submitted Getting Started With Toto, a Tiny WordPress Killer as a story · 48 points
HN discussionI've been using something very similar for my blog for the past month or so, it's called Toto. Flat file, git, Ruby, Markdown, Disqus, etc. Check it out: http://cloudhead.io/toto and a good post on how to get up and running http://fadeyev.net/2010/05/10/getting-started-with-toto/ . It was really fast and simple to go from 0 to blogging. The default template is nice too (jlank.com)
Comment linking /2010/05/10/getting-started-with-toto/
on “How To: WordPress to Jekyll”Submitted Moral Design as a story · 30 points
HN discussionIt's not the exact same, but it reminded me of this one: http://fadeyev.net/2012/06/19/moral-design/ > Life is the ultimate aim of moral design, which it must protect, advance, ennoble and enrich. Immoral design, which is also bad design, is the opposite. It takes life by stealing time; it impoverishes by pretending to be more than it is; it does not last; it deceives, harms, enrages and degrades. The difference bet…
Comment linking /2012/06/19/moral-design/
on “Life Without Principle (1854)”Submitted The Soul of a Typeface as a story · 22 points
HN discussion> Simplicity, usefulness, functionality, details and facts, transparency; these are the pillars of the new digital design. We trust what we can quickly and easily use but only as long as it’s useful. Design for use. Design for usefulness. Amen! That reminded me of an essay I love dearly: http://fadeyev.net/moral-design/
Comment linking /moral-design/
on “The era of distrust and disloyalty”Submitted Know When To Finish as a story · 15 points
HN discussionThat yardstick actually has been posted on HN not long ago :) http://fadeyev.net/2012/06/19/moral-design/
Comment linking /2012/06/19/moral-design/
on “0 XP: The Zynga Counterrevolution”Submitted Resistance as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWhile it's not entirely hosted, I've been really happy with toto lately. I'm using it to run infovegan.com. It takes all of 10 seconds to set up, and posting is done through markdown and git. Optimized to host on heroku, which can handle you for free up to a point. Here's a great link to get you started with toto: http://fadeyev.net/2010/05/10/getting-started-with-toto/
Comment linking /2010/05/10/getting-started-with-toto/
on “Ask HN: Best hosted blog for coders?”Submitted Byzantine Arches as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Age of Noise as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Open platform fallacy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creativity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Soma as a story · 1 points
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