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Reflex
Company blog · reflex.dev/blog · on HN as pickleloprogrammingai
Reflex is the company blog at reflex.dev, writing about programming and ai. Since 2023, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Reflex: Web Apps in Pure Python”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Reflex, a Python framework for building web apps that wraps React, and mention using it or citing it as a similar tool. The comments discuss the framework rather than any writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Reflex: Web Apps in Pure Python5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2023-10-20
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-20
What Hacker News says?
> They converted it from React to HTMX, cutting their codebase by almost 70% while significantly improving its capabilities. Happy user of https://reflex.dev framework here. I was tired of writing backend APIs with the only purpose that they get consumed by the same app's frontend (typically React). Leading to boilerplate code both backend side (provide APIs) and frontend side (consume APIs: fetch, cache, propagate,…
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on “I switched from Htmx to Datastar”Submitted Designing a Pure Python Web Framework as a story · 117 points
HN discussionhttps://reflex.dev/ is all made in Reflex and has raised a seed round! There are also a few YC companies using Reflex that have raised seed rounds too.
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on “Rio: Web apps in pure Python”Submitted Top Python Web Development Frameworks in 2025 as a story · 19 points
HN discussionI've enjoyed working with Reflex ( https://reflex.dev ) as a pure Python wrapper over React.
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on “Rio: Web apps in pure Python”Submitted Making ast.walk 220x Faster as a story · 18 points
HN discussionThanks! Pue looks cool, thanks for sharing. I see some similarities to https://reflex.dev in terms of providing a declarative dom expression language with built-in conditionals and loop primitives.
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on “Show HN: Hyperdiv – Reactive, immediate-mode web UI framework for Python”Submitted Computer Use Is 45x More Expensive Than Structured APIs as a story · 14 points
HN discussionThis seems like a direct copy of reflex.dev https://reflex.dev/docs/events/page-load-events/
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on “Show HN: Mesop – Open-source Python UI framework”Submitted Overview and analysis of AI App Builders in 2025 as a story · 11 points
HN discussionThere is also https://reflex.dev/
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on “Show HN: Mesop – Open-source Python UI framework”Submitted Reflex v0.8.0 – Refactoring for Performance as a story · 7 points
HN discussionOn iOS 15.3.1 Safari —- ‘’’ Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information). ‘’’ Was this site implemented using Reflex? I see the same error here: https://reflex.dev/blog/2023-08-02-seed-annoucement/
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on “Show HN: It's Like HN, but for Science”Submitted Reflex: Web Apps in Pure Python as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reflex XY – a Python charting library for interactive 2D visualizations as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Build websites with just Python, no JavaScript as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unlock Full Potential React Apps in Pure Python. Powered by Next.js as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using Table Component as a story · 1 points
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