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Ivo Mynttinen

Personal blog · ivomynttinen.com/blogdesignweb

Ivo Mynttinen's personal blog at ivomynttinen.com covers design and web. Since 2012, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Advantages of flat design from a developers perspective”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-03-12, and you can follow it by feed.

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14mentions?
6HN people?
2012–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Ivo Mynttinen's site for freelancing advice, including a paid guide to good jobs and pay and a freelance business report. One commenter says it inspired them to freelance again.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Design engineer with a passion for interior design, and homelabbing.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Advantages of flat design from a developers perspective
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-14
  2. Being a freelance designer
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. EC1 · 2015-02-24Recommends
    I bought this out of desperation. Quit my job a few days ago and I only have runway for at MOST 3 months. Going to try the freelance thing again. I mostly got inspired by this site + http://ivomynttinen.com/blog/freelance-business-report-2014/ . Ivo is a fucking beast freelancer.

    Comment linking /blog/freelance-business-report-2014/

    on “The freelancer's guide to good jobs and great pay”
  2. imkevinxu · 2013-08-21

    Submitted iOS 7 Design Cheat Sheet as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  3. ivomynttinen · 2012-10-05

    Submitted Going crazy with CSS3 - Creating inputs with perfect borders and shadows as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  4. ivomynttinen · 2013-11-14

    Submitted Advantages of flat design from a developers perspective as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. nikunjk · 2013-09-20

    Submitted The iOS 7 Design Cheat Sheet as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. ivomynttinen · 2013-03-26

    Submitted A guide for creating a better retina web as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. ivomynttinen · 2013-03-20

    Submitted A different approach to charging clients as a freelancer as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. ivomynttinen · 2012-11-14

    Submitted The iOS Design Cheat Sheet as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. ivomynttinen · 2012-08-04

    Submitted Going crazy with CSS3 Issue 1 - Creating buttons with linear background borders as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. jonphillips06 · 2014-07-11

    Submitted Advantages of flat design from a developers perspective as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. ivomynttinen · 2013-09-18

    Submitted Updated Facebook Open Graph Images as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. leak · 2012-12-20

    Submitted Being a freelance designer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. ivomynttinen · 2012-11-28

    Submitted Going crazy with CSS3 Issue 3 - Creating ellipse shaped shadows as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. ivomynttinen · 2012-11-08

    Submitted Being a freelance designer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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