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Wholegrain Digital

Company blog · wholegraindigital.com/blogdesignweb

Wholegrain Digital is the company blog at wholegraindigital.com, writing about design and web. Since 2018, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “What a revolutionary Ramen restaurant can teach us about web design”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-21, and you can follow it by feed.

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11mentions?
9HN people?
2018–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2019

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

Why HN links it

Linked in a Sustainable Web Manifesto thread as a company that seems genuinely interested in a greener web. The commenter's main point is that its pledge wording is vague and open to many readings.

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.

We combine design and technical talent with a passion for efficiency pushing boundaries in user experience & web performance to create websites. Let's talk!

Most-linked posts?

  1. What a revolutionary Ramen restaurant can teach us about web design
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-12-04

What Hacker News says?

  1. The company behind this seems to be genuinely interested in a greener web: https://www.wholegraindigital.com/ Unfortunately, I feel like lots of things can be understood in a variety of ways. Take this: > The products and services we provide will use the least amount of energy and material resources possible. What does that mean ? Should I use C to create websites, so that each web request takes less energy ? What a…

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    on “Sustainable Web Manifesto”
  2. Submitted Ethical Screening of Clients as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Future-First Design Thinking as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted I spent a month on LinkedIn to find out if it’s a waste of time as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted What can digital agencies learn about business ethics from the Fyre Festival? as a story · 2 points

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  6. Submitted What a revolutionary Ramen restaurant can teach us about web design as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted How to make your website more energy efficient as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Core Web Vitals – a vital aspect of user experience in 2021? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Why do estimates for internet energy consumption vary so drastically? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted How to choose a green web host as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted How a revolutionary Ramen restaurant can teach us to design better websites as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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