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Max Mautner

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Max Mautner's personal blog at maxmautner.com covers politics and economics. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 66 times, most often “Paying for Driving”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.

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66mentions?
6HN people?
2015–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 36 in 2026

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link Max Mautner's post comparing US public subsidies of the costs of driving. It is cited in a thread on the costs of car crashes and California's insurance requirements.

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.

San Mateo-based urbanist, software-engineer, and fully vested in changing how we build cities.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Paying for Driving
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-11
  2. When we talk about traffic violence
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-28
  3. The Declining Driver's License: Good, Bad, or Both?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. So in order words, non-drivers are forced to subsidize drivers (who risk the lives and property of others)? Here’s a comparison of US public subsidization of the costs of driving, from the same blog: https://maxmautner.com/2026/09/10/paying-for-driving.html

    Comment linking /2026/09/10/paying-for-driving.html

    on “Killing with a car costs $1.6M, California requires drivers to carry $30K”
  2. Submitted Killing with a car costs $1.6M, California requires drivers to carry $30K as a story · 53 points

    HN discussion
  3. 1. Technologies & lifestyle decisions 2. Sporadically, 1x a month on average 3. AWS S3 + Cloudfront, to control recurring costs and support spikey traffic 4. https://maxmautner.com

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: What Is Your Blog?”
  4. Submitted Thoughts on my first electric scooter purchase as a story · 27 points

    HN discussion
  5. Jekyll + AWS (S3 + Cloudfront + Route53) https://maxmautner.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: What technologies do you use to run your personal blog?”
  6. Submitted Paying for Driving as a story · 18 points

    HN discussion
  7. I wrote an accompanying blog post--just to be extra clear, this is a proof-of-concept, not a business: http://maxmautner.com/post/136066561980/github-email-thief

    Comment linking /post/136066561980/github-email-thief

    on “GitHub Email Thief”
  8. Submitted How to Bike to the Airport as a story · 17 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted A scooter is cheating, a cargo bike is rude, the car is fine as a story · 16 points

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  10. Submitted Creating a Live-streaming App in 30mins as a story · 8 points

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  11. Submitted Zero-Indexed Stock Market as a story · 7 points

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  12. Submitted 1 in 4 new California homes is in someone's backyard as a story · 5 points

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  13. Submitted Too Many Roads as a story · 5 points

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  14. Submitted Most people who ride bikes have no idea how to shift gears as a story · 5 points

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  15. Submitted What I Stopped Thinking About Going Car-Free as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Conservatives and Bikes as a story · 5 points

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  17. Submitted Pay remote workers more than their counterparts as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted 18% of GitHub Projects Have CI as a story · 4 points

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  19. Submitted Things I wish I had known about kickscooters as a story · 3 points

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  20. Submitted A Stop Sign for $1k as a story · 3 points

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  21. Submitted California's Anti-Density Consensus Isolated the Homeowners Who Built It as a story · 3 points

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  22. Submitted What if California is the most regressive state in America? as a story · 3 points

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  23. Submitted What Happens to Business When You Close a Street to Cars as a story · 3 points

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  24. Submitted The War on Drugs Is Why Your Bus Never Showed Up as a story · 3 points

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  25. Submitted Java Primer for Python Developers as a story · 3 points

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  26. Submitted Make Your Own Gmail as a story · 3 points

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  27. Submitted The years Americans outlive driving as a story · 2 points

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  28. Submitted If there's a war on cars in the USA then the cars have won as a story · 2 points

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  29. Submitted Moving Car-Free as a Parent as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted Moving at Human Speed as a story · 2 points

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