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Robin Rendle

Personal blog · robinrendle.comdesignwriting

Robin Rendle's personal blog at robinrendle.com covers design and writing. Since 2013, 55 different Hacker News readers have linked it 81 times, most often “Newsletters; or, an enormous rant about writing on the web”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-23, and you can follow it by feed.

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81mentions?
55HN people?
2013–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 15 in 2021

Designer, writer, developer.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Newsletters; or, an enormous rant about writing on the web
    6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2021-01-05
  2. Why Are Websites Embarrassing?
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-08-29
  3. Newsletters
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-08-24
  4. I Don’t Believe in Full-Stack Engineering
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-06-27
  5. The Risks of Staying Put
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-11
  6. I am a-poem I am not software
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-12-21
  7. People Not People
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-10
  8. Newsletters (2021)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-09-26
  9. Take Care of Your Blog
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-09-19
  10. Systems, Mistakes, and the Sea (2019)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-31

What Hacker News says?

  1. itsjustjordan · 2024-09-06
    I have this pinned and read it like once a month just as a refresher to not let it get that far https://robinrendle.com/notes/take-a-break-you-idiot/

    Comment linking /notes/take-a-break-you-idiot/

    on “Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care”
  2. imartin2k · 2022-10-09

    Submitted Take a break as a story · 433 points

    HN discussion
  3. halosghost · 2025-04-19
    As opposed to overly-engineered websites that hijack [0] scroll-behavior, which only increase anxiety and fury. ಠ_ಠ All the best, -HG [0]: web-designers take-note, the normal term [1] in the field for doing this refers to violent crime. Think on your sins. [1]: https://robinrendle.com/notes/scrolljacking/

    Comment linking /notes/scrolljacking/

    on “Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety”
  4. threeme3 · 2022-10-05

    Submitted I don’t believe in sprints as a story · 337 points

    HN discussion
  5. noobermin · 2022-10-04
    I happened to read this cat's article on shadows[0]. Fantastic stuff, he seems like a real interesting fellow. [0] https://www.robinrendle.com/essays/in-praise-of-shadows/

    Comment linking /essays/in-praise-of-shadows/

    on “The Other Internet”
  6. jxub · 2018-06-27

    Submitted I Don’t Believe in Full-Stack Engineering as a story · 236 points

    HN discussion
  7. wonger_ · 2024-05-12
    Off the top of my head: https://sonnet.io/ https://manuelmoreale.com/ https://robinrendle.com/ https://jero.zone/ Try clicking around their posts and seeing other blogs that these link to. The most pleasant blogs imo are designers' blogs that nail the fundamentals and avoid flashy gimmicks. Then it's programmer blogs who are humble enough to stick with safe default themes.

    Comment linking /

    on “What are the most visually appealing blogs you've seen?”
  8. thefutureproof · 2016-02-23

    Submitted The New Web Typography as a story · 175 points

    HN discussion
  9. sysadm1n · 2023-09-21
    https://robinrendle.com/notes/why-are-websites-embarrassing/

    Comment linking /notes/why-are-websites-embarrassing/

    on “Ask HN: Why are Websites trash can we do better?”
  10. ZacnyLos · 2022-09-30

    Submitted The Other Internet as a story · 131 points

    HN discussion
  11. speckx · 2024-09-25

    Submitted Hire HTML and CSS People as a story · 60 points

    HN discussion
  12. motform · 2021-12-31

    Submitted Systems, Mistakes, and the Sea (2019) as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  13. gmays · 2022-10-11

    Submitted I Don’t Believe in Sprints as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  14. tobr · 2025-02-15

    Submitted Trot as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  15. robin_reala · 2022-05-16

    Submitted Systems, Mistakes, and the Sea (2019) as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  16. tobr · 2025-01-16

    Submitted Work Is Just Work as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  17. herbertl · 2025-07-14

    Submitted Trust the Vibes as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  18. herbertl · 2025-02-10

    Submitted Notes on Blogging as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  19. tobr · 2024-05-26

    Submitted Against Landlords as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  20. sdabdoub · 2016-04-28

    Submitted In defense of webfonts as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  21. robin_reala · 2025-12-14

    Submitted So Many Websites as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. gregwolanski · 2025-09-13

    Submitted Ditch Those Words as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. tobr · 2024-12-31

    Submitted This Glorious Machine as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  24. mrzool · 2023-08-30

    Submitted Why Are Websites Embarrassing? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  25. ingve · 2022-09-20

    Submitted Take Care of Your Blog as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  26. freediver · 2021-11-13

    Submitted Newsletters as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  27. prismatic · 2021-01-27

    Submitted Take Care of the Margins (2018) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  28. paulcapewell · 2020-05-25

    Submitted Blogging Should Be Easy as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  29. motform · 2020-01-03

    Submitted Systems, Mistakes, and the Sea as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  30. robin_reala · 2026-08-23

    Submitted Cybernetics and Ghosts as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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