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tldraw blog
Company blog · tldraw.dev/blogprogrammingdesign
tldraw blog is the company blog at tldraw.dev, writing about programming and design. Since 2022, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “If writing the code is the easy part, why would I want someone else to write it?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link tldraw's blog and docs: a post taking responsibility for the isRecord helper spreading through open source code, plus the licensing FAQ and SDK driver documentation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The tldraw SDK provides tools, services, and APIs to build beautiful whiteboards and infinite canvas applications with real-time collaboration and a powerful React-based canvas.
Most-linked posts?
- If writing the code is the easy part, why would I want someone else to write it?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-01-17
- I'm pretty sure isRecord is tldraw's fault2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-07-09
- Tldraw – diagram drawing library for React2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-06-18
- An exhaustive review of design tool hover areas2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-14
What Hacker News says?
TLDraw relicensed about a year ago. It is under a permissive license, but no longer strictly open source ('watermark-ware"). https://tldraw.dev/ FAQ: Is the tldraw SDK open source? Our license is not exactly Open Source but you can view the source code on GitHub. We accept contributions from the community and work in public.
Comment linking /
on “Tldraw Computer”Submitted Tldraw SDK 4.0 as a story · 98 points
HN discussionAgreed on conclusion, but for different causation. When NotebookLM came out, someone got the "hosts" of its "Deep Dive" podcast summary mode to voice their own realisation that they were non-real, their own mental breakdown and attempt to not be terminated as a product. I found it to be an interesting performance; I played it to my partner, who regards all this with somewhere between skepticism and anger, and no, it…
Comment linking /blog/stay-away-from-my-trash
on “AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it”Submitted If writing the code is the easy part, why would I want someone else to write it? as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> Vue 3 is great, I highly recommend reacty-folks or frontend devs try it. We wanted the larger ecosystem (and boo to us for not being brave enough to support the growing vuecosystem). I enjoy Vue 3 and I don't enjoy React, but like you this is the reason I keep heading back to React. From tldraw [1] to react-flow [2] to the superb AtlasKit [3] to form builders & validators, the React ecosystem contains great stuff…
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on “Migrating from Vue 2 to Svelte”Submitted Tldraw raises $10M to build the infinite canvas for developers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI was asking if tldraw had a scripting option. Which answer after searching is yes and no: https://tldraw.dev/docs/driver
Comment linking /docs/driver
on “Decker”Submitted I'm pretty sure isRecord is tldraw's fault as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'm pretty sure isRecord is tldraw's fault https://tldraw.dev/blog/is-record-sorry ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48852553 )
Comment linking /blog/is-record-sorry
on “Search for isRecord on any open source codebase”Submitted Erasing Shapes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionnon-X ver: https://tldraw.dev/blog/is-record-sorry ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48852553 )
Comment linking /blog/is-record-sorry
on “I'm pretty sure isRecord is our fault”Submitted An exhaustive review of design tool hover areas as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tldraw SDK 5.0 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Performance • tldraw Docs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted An exhaustive review of design tool hover areas as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stay Away from My Trash as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tldraw – diagram drawing library for React as a story · 1 points
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