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Lex Friedman
Personal blog · lexontech.orgprogramminghardware
Lex Friedman writes Lex on Tech, a personal blog at lexontech.org about programming and hardware. Since 2026, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread about X purging suspected meddling accounts before the US midterms. The post, titled "X is bad, though", is about the X platform; the comment cites it without judging it.
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.
Indie apps, Apple, op-eds, and more — tech writing from Lex Friedman.
Most-linked posts?
- Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-25
- X Is Bad, Though2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-12
What Hacker News says?
Some people, not others: https://lexontech.org/x-is-bad-though (I wouldn't want to be in a community with the people who went back to the Nazi bar anyway, so it works out for me. Can barely catch up with my Bluesky and Mastodon feeds as-is.)
Comment linking /x-is-bad-though
on “X purges 13,000 accounts linked to suspected meddling ahead of US midterms”Submitted Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story as a story · 437 points
HN discussionSubmitted X Is Bad, Though as a story · 78 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Claude writes code; I author the apps – Lex on Tech as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
