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Henry From Online
Personal blog · henry.codes/writingaiwritingweb
Henry From Online is a personal blog at henry.codes about ai, writing and web. Since 2023, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Henry From Online for its typography and visual design, and for a post explaining how to distort text with SVG filters. Commenters often cite it in lists of striking personal blog designs.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The personal site & portfolio of creative web developer Henry (from Online).
Most-linked posts?
- /2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-01-06
What Hacker News says?
It uses SVG filters! You can read about the effect here: https://henry.codes/writing/how-to-distort-text-with-svg/
Comment linking /writing/how-to-distort-text-with-svg/
on “Bad UX World Cup 2025”Submitted I dream of quieter computing as a story · 129 points
HN discussion- https://henry.codes/ - https://www.fev.al/ - https://hugo.blog/ I just like this type of typography.
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on “Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?”Submitted AI at work is anti-labor by design as a story · 5 points
HN discussionTasteful: https://colly.com/ Artsy: https://anhvn.com/ Simple yet elegant: https://www.lkhrs.com/ and https://arun.is/blog/ Maximalist: https://henry.codes/ and https://garden.bradwoods.io/ and https://blog.maximeheckel.com/ Old-school / indie web: https://ribo.zone/ Text mode / ASCII art: https://adelfaure.net/ Typography: http://davidcole.me/ and https://www.petemillspaugh.com/ I have more. You can keep rolling th…
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on “Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?”Submitted Economics and labor rights in AI skepticism as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHis portfolio / blog site is aesthetically my favorite blog of all time out there. https://henry.codes/
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on “Strange.website”Submitted Dark Forestry as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Made a Plex Server as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Frequently-used FFmpeg recipes (2025) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted It doesn't matter if it works as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The first thing I did last year was run. (2025) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A website to destroy all websites as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Quickly checking HTTP response headers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Know About the Date in the Footer as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Make a Website as a story · 1 points
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