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optional.is/required is the company blog at optional.is, writing about design and culture. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.

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2011–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2011

A small company based out of Reykjavik, Iceland specializing in future thinking projects

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  1. andrelaszlo · 2025-11-11

    Submitted Welcome, the entire land – "Hello, world" in hieroglyphics (2009) as a story · 106 points

    HN discussion
  2. bpierre · 2014-04-14

    Submitted Meyrin: CERN Terminal Font as a story · 94 points

    HN discussion
  3. ianwootten · 2013-01-21

    Submitted Getting to your minimum hourly rate as a story · 4 points

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  4. bluesmoon · 2011-01-08

    Submitted Venn Diagrams as UI Tools as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. zhte415 · 2022-11-23

    Submitted Color Name Abstractions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. saevarom · 2012-10-04

    Submitted The usability of QR codes as a story · 1 points

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