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Hixie's Natural Log

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Hixie's Natural Log is a personal blog at ln.hixie.ch about web and programming. Since 2007, 46 different Hacker News readers have linked it 52 times, most often “Reflecting on 18 years at Google (2023)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-12, and you can follow it by feed.

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52mentions?
46HN people?
2007–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 19 in 2023

Most-linked posts?

  1. Reflecting on 18 years at Google (2023)
    10 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2023-11-22
  2. Co-founder of Flutter leaving Google
    5 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2023-11-23
  3. A low-bandwidth, high-latency, high-cost, and unreliable data channel
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2007-09-26
  4. Extracts from a private Q&A retrospective about the WHATWG
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-06-07
  5. Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-11-22
  6. /?start=1363672582&count=1
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-28
  7. How big is the Flutter team?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-04
  8. /?start=1265967771&
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-02-15
  9. /?start=1700627373
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-11

What Hacker News says?

  1. xster · 2024-10-28
    https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1714717681&count=1 is a sensible estimation

    Comment linking /?start=1714717681&count=1

    on “We're forking Flutter”
  2. whiplashoo · 2023-11-22

    Submitted Reflecting on 18 Years at Google as a story · 124 points

    HN discussion
  3. justguesser · 2025-05-11
    Not trying to create a conspiracy theory, but I wonder whether this has any relation to Ian Hickson's departure from Google/Flutter team [1], where he specifically called out some names: > Much of these problems with Google today stem from a lack of visionary leadership from Sundar Pichai, and his clear lack of interest in maintaining the cultural norms of early Google. A symptom of this is the spreading contingent…

    Comment linking /?start=1700627373

    on “Leaving Google”
  4. bensummers · 2010-02-12

    Submitted Adobe blocking publication of latest HTML5 draft? as a story · 104 points

    HN discussion
  5. ptgloden · 2019-05-28
    WHATWG also stands for "What working group", as in "What working group is going to work on extending HTML" http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1086387609

    Comment linking /?start=1086387609

    on “W3C and the WHATWG sign agreement to collaborate on single version of HTML, DOM”
  6. serial_dev · 2024-05-04

    Submitted How big is the Flutter team? as a story · 53 points

    HN discussion
  7. domenicd · 2014-09-02
    Some links: https://blog.mozilla.org/mrbkap/2013/08/12/the-old-html-pars... http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1138169545&count=1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324875

    Comment linking /?start=1138169545&count=1

    on “How a new HTML element will make the Web faster”
  8. batasrki · 2009-03-26

    Submitted Tag Soup: Crazy parsing adventures as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  9. mananaysiempre · 2021-12-28
    The post is still up on the author’s self-hosted blog, no archive needed: http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1363672582&count=1

    Comment linking /?start=1363672582&count=1

    on “The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)”
  10. mqt · 2007-09-26

    Submitted A low-bandwidth, high-latency, high-cost, and unreliable data channel as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  11. jessaustin · 2021-12-28
    ISTM Hixie's own blog [0] would be a better link than a wayback reference to a G-funct service. [0] http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1363672582&count=1

    Comment linking /?start=1363672582&count=1

    on “The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)”
  12. softwaredoug · 2025-02-22

    Submitted Reflecting on 18 years at Google (2023) as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. domenicd · 2014-10-27
    http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1140242962&count=1

    Comment linking /?start=1140242962&count=1

    on “Push API – W3C Working Draft”
  14. zck · 2009-11-28

    Submitted Encoding data in the last two digits of a check -- flags or a checksum as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. Shabaz · 2011-09-18
    Firefox's arguments for not really bothering with the remaining parts of Acid3 was that it seemed like it they weren't testing particularly relevant standards and that the implementations of the other browsers for those standards were mostly to pass Acid3 and not particularly useful either. See http://limi.net/articles/firefox-acid3/ for more info. That seems like valid reasoning to me. I've also seen Hixie make com…

    Comment linking /?count=1&

    on “Firefox Now Scores 100% on Acid3 Test”
  16. panic · 2024-07-20

    Submitted Power Dynamics in Web Specifications as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. cageface · 2023-11-23
    Very interesting that he plans to continue working on Flutter after leaving Google: https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627532&count=1 I agree with him that Flutter is on a good trajectory.

    Comment linking /?start=1700627532&count=1

    on “Reflecting on 18 Years at Google”
  18. jurschreuder · 2024-05-03

    Submitted Hixie on Who Builds Flutter as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. henrytill · 2023-11-23
    I found myself asking the same questions after reading this. You might consider reading the followup post: https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627532&count=1 It suggests that, in spite of his problems with management, the author remains bullish about Flutter (and likely Dart).

    Comment linking /?start=1700627532&count=1

    on “Reflecting on 18 Years at Google”
  20. _RPM · 2025-12-23

    Submitted Reflecting on 18 years at Google (2023) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. dang · 2023-11-22
    Yup. Changed from https://ln.hixie.ch/ . Thanks!

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    on “Reflecting on 18 Years at Google”
  22. cpeterso · 2024-05-04

    Submitted How big is the Flutter team? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. dang · 2023-11-22
    Fixed now. Thanks! Btw HN didn't strip them -the submitted URL was https://ln.hixie.ch/ . No doubt this was the top post at the time. We do strip some query strings, but only for larger/known sites.

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    on “Reflecting on 18 Years at Google”
  24. worik · 2023-11-22

    Submitted The Future Is Flutter as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. js2 · 2023-11-22
    The submitted link is missing the query params (or HN stripped them) that lead directly to the post: https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1

    Comment linking /?start=1700627373&count=1

    on “Reflecting on 18 Years at Google”
  26. warrenm · 2023-11-22

    Submitted The Spectrum of Openness as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. blakesterz · 2023-11-22
    I think this link should point to the post at https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1

    Comment linking /?start=1700627373&count=1

    on “Reflecting on 18 Years at Google”
  28. _Microft · 2023-11-22

    Submitted A low-bandwidth, high-latency, high-cost, and unreliable data channel (2007) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. eseidel · 2024-04-29
    Lol. Hixie quit. https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1

    Comment linking /?start=1700627373&count=1

    on “Google layoffs hit Flutter team”
  30. panic · 2021-06-26

    Submitted Extracts from a private Q&A retrospective about the WHATWG as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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