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LMNT
Personal blog · lmnt.me/blogdesignculture
LMNT is a personal blog at lmnt.me about design and culture. Since 2023, 27 different Hacker News readers have linked it 48 times, most often “A Responsibility to the Industry”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link LMNT, Louie Mantia's blog, for re-rendered default macOS wallpapers with dark mode versions and an essay on how little the App Store has changed. Other links are bare.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- A Responsibility to the Industry5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2025-07-18
- The Dystopian Dream Team2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-05-23
- Design Drought2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-14
- Rose-Gold-Tinted Liquid Glasses2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-19
- Reclaiming the Web2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-12-31
- Liquid Glass critique2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-07-03
- Have We Forgotten How to Design?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-28
- The Most Mario Colors2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-21
- How to Make a Damn Website2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-12
- Love, Death, and Computers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-03
What Hacker News says?
Louie Mantia has colored, re-rendered versions of the 10.0 Cheetah Wallpaper that include Dark Mode versions. They are great: https://lmnt.me/blog/wallpapers/
Comment linking /blog/wallpapers/
on “Every default macOS wallpaper”Submitted The Most Mario Colors as a story · 599 points
HN discussionquoting from a nice piece: https://lmnt.me/blog/app-stores-and-payment-methods.html "It still blows my mind how little the App Store has improved over the last decade. It’s barely changed. Almost every bad thing about the App Store still exists. And almost every good thing that happened for app distribution and payment methods is just the result of regulation."
Comment linking /blog/app-stores-and-payment-methods.html
on ““Fewer Users” Warning Hurting Specialized and New Apps”Submitted Nothing left to solve as a story · 65 points
HN discussionI think Louie Mantia was an icon designer at Apple back then https://lmnt.me/ . Maybe Sebastiaan de With as well https://sdw.space/ .
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on “Eazel, ex-Apple led Linux startup”Submitted Training AI as a story · 54 points
HN discussionhttps://lmnt.me/badges I would like about 5000 more of these by tomorrow, kthxbai.
Comment linking /badges
on “How to Make a Damn Website”Submitted Rose-Gold-Tinted Liquid Glasses as a story · 44 points
HN discussionSubmitted Humane (Or Red Flags to Spot for Next Time) as a story · 40 points
HN discussionSubmitted Intuition as a story · 33 points
HN discussionSubmitted What do we want computers to do? as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted Love, Death, and Computers as a story · 24 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Dystopian Dream Team as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Liquid Glass critique as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design Drought as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Have We Forgotten How to Design? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Most Famous Queen Song as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Make a Damn Website as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Server Migration as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Responsibility to the Industry as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Dystopian Dream Team as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Most Mario Colors as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Personal Identity as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Forbidden Fruit as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Love, Death, and Computers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Distracted as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design Drought as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Responsibility to the Industry as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted It Hurts the Face as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Quantum Foam SE as a story · 2 points
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