Hacker News with Generative AI: Blogging

How to write blog posts that developers read (refactoringenglish.com)
I recently spoke to a developer who tried blogging but gave up because nobody was reading his posts. I checked out his blog, and it was immediately obvious why he didn’t have any readers.
Writing, Blogging, Developers, Content Creation
588 points by rbanffy 6 days ago | 153 comments
How to Write Blog Posts That Developers Read (refactoringenglish.com)
I recently spoke to a developer who tried blogging but gave up because nobody was reading his posts. I checked out his blog, and it was immediately obvious why he didn’t have any readers.
Writing, Blogging, Developers, Content Creation
8 points by mtlynch 6 days ago | 6 comments
The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News (refactoringenglish.com)
The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News
Hacker News, Blogging, Personal Websites, Lists, Rankings
484 points by sharjeelsayed 8 days ago | 128 comments
Blogging like it's 1987: A blog post from my old text terminal (pointinthecloud.com)
I'm writing this on a black and yellow screen that is 38 years old, and I'm really enjoying it.
Nostalgia, Technology, Blogging, Retro Computing
8 points by ftvkyo 11 days ago | 0 comments
Ghost connects its newsletters to the open web (theverge.com)
Newsletter platform Ghost switched on its fediverse connectivity this week, allowing bloggers to share their works across the various social platforms that support the open ActivityPub protocol.
Open Source, Social Media, Newsletters, Blogging, Fediverse
4 points by ZacnyLos 14 days ago | 0 comments
Wherein I Explain Why Emacs Is the Best Tool for WordPress (ingebrigtsen.no)
When I look at popular tools for writing blog posts, they all seem to require an ungodly amount of work to get common things done.
WordPress, Blogging, Emacs, Software, Productivity
3 points by signa11 16 days ago | 0 comments
Meta question: What is the best way to post blogs these days? (ycombinator.com)
Meta question: What is the best way to post blogs these days?
Blogging, Content Creation, Digital Marketing
4 points by ckl1810 22 days ago | 1 comments
My Digital Garden Philosophy (emgoto.com)
If you spend time in tech blogging circles, you may have come across the concept of a digital garden, which offers an alternative for how you publish your blog online.
Digital Gardens, Blogging, Personal Websites, Content Creation
3 points by previnder 23 days ago | 0 comments
This blog post passed unit tests (sealambda.com)
I’m reading a book called “Writing for Developers”,1 which has some great advice on writing blog posts that get read.
Writing, Blogging, Software Development
57 points by gioazzi 25 days ago | 17 comments
Why I choose Lua for this blog (andregarzia.com)
This blog used to run using with a stack based on Racket using Pollen and lots of hacks on top of it. At some point I realised that my setup was working against me. The moving parts and workflow I created added too much friction to keep my blog active. That happened mostly because it was a static generator trying to behave as if it was dynamic website with an editing interface.
Programming Languages, Blogging, Web Development
14 points by soapdog 26 days ago | 0 comments
How do you process the news? (alexschroeder.ch)
I’m looking at the blog and noticing that I haven’t posted much. It’s hard.
Journalism, Blogging, Content Creation
56 points by surprisetalk 28 days ago | 64 comments
Reflections on 25 Years of Blogging (interconnected.org)
I started blogging here precisely 25 years ago on 19 February 2000. I was 22 when I started and I am now 47.
Blogging, Anniversary, Personal Reflections
18 points by genmon 37 days ago | 12 comments
It’s still worth blogging in the age of AI (gilesthomas.com)
My post about blogging as writing the tutorial that you wished you'd found really took off on Hacker News. There were a lot of excellent comments, but one thing kept coming up: what's the point in blogging if people are using ChatGPT, Claude and DeepSeek to spoon-feed them answers? Who, apart from the AIs, will read what you write?
Blogging, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Content Creation
333 points by gpjt 37 days ago | 223 comments
The benefits of learning in public (gilesthomas.com)
While laid up with a minor but annoying medical issue over the last week, I've blogged more than usual. I've also spent some time reading through the archives here, and come to the conclusion that the best posts I've made -- at least from my perspective -- follow a similar pattern. They're posts where I've been learning how to do something, or how something worked, and presented what I've found as a summary, often as a tutorial.
Learning, Blogging, Education, Knowledge Sharing
311 points by gpjt 38 days ago | 97 comments
Adding Mastodon Comments to Your Blog (beej.us)
Comments powered by Mastodon!
Social Media, Blogging, Mastodon
195 points by ingve 38 days ago | 59 comments
Tell HN: Five random IndieWeb blog links on your terminal (ycombinator.com)
Hello HN! I believe some of you might have come across this pretty interesting post about discovering IndieWeb blogs, one blog at a time: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43139953>
IndieWeb, Blogging, Web Development, Community, Hacker News
54 points by susam 39 days ago | 12 comments
Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time (indieblog.page)
This website lets you randomly explore the IndieWeb. Simply click the button below and you will be redirected to a random post from a personal blog.
IndieWeb, Blogging, Web Development, Personal Websites
289 points by vinhnx 39 days ago | 84 comments
Just Write (chasingbrains.co)
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox.
Content Creation, Blogging, Search
108 points by marksully 40 days ago | 40 comments
Replacing Hugo with a Custom Kotlin Blog Engine (cekrem.github.io)
Don’t get me wrong - Hugo (the stuff that I’m currently using to drive this site) is great. It’s blazing fast, feature-rich, and battle-tested. But as a developer who’s been diving deep into Clean Architecture lately (as you might have noticed from my recent posts), I’ve been itching to apply these principles to a real project. And what better way to learn than by potentially over-engineering my own blog engine?
Software, Web Development, Kotlin, Blogging
3 points by thunderbong 49 days ago | 0 comments
No longer writing my own damn HTML (claytonwramsey.com)
I’ve (mostly) given up on hand-writing HTML for my personal blog.
Web Development, Blogging, Personal Projects
86 points by claytonwramsey 50 days ago | 93 comments
I Blog with Raw Txt (misc.l3m.in)
Blogging, Programming, Text Editing
32 points by simonpure 51 days ago | 17 comments
I Blog with Raw HTML (devpoga.org)
The blog you're reading is written in raw HTML.
Web Development, Blogging, HTML
114 points by poga 52 days ago | 127 comments
Why blog if nobody reads it? (andysblog.uk)
Let’s tell the truth, then: Nobody reads your blog.
Blogging, Content Creation, Audience
770 points by alexgiann 52 days ago | 359 comments
Why UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers (theregister.com)
Individual publishers could be held liable for visitors' off-topic posts, legal eagle argues
Online Safety, Legislation, Blogging, UK, Law
4 points by LinuxBender 53 days ago | 1 comments
The Puzzle (bearblog.dev)
I admit I censor myself.
Blogging, Self-Reflection, Writing
9 points by thejamesbox 53 days ago | 17 comments
Build a link blog like Simon Willison (xuanwo.io)
I decided to follow simon's approach to creating a link blog, where I can share interesting links I find on the internet along with my own comments and thoughts about them.
Web Development, Blogging, Productivity, Personal Projects
236 points by xuanwo 57 days ago | 54 comments
Please help me find better blogs to read (ycombinator.com)
Sick and tired of standard narratives about DeepSeek or some asinine political theater. I just wanna enjoy the things I read.
Blogging, Personalization, Content Consumption
59 points by iwatog 57 days ago | 69 comments
Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog (henrikkarlsson.xyz)
I talked to a friend who wants to start a blog, and she pulled a few thoughts from me:
Blogging, Advice, Content Creation
348 points by jger15 63 days ago | 190 comments
Blogging on Paper (2017) (conroy.org)
I recently published my first blog post of 2017. The fact that it was posted exactly one year after my last post was mere coincidence. Looking over the the last six years of my blog, it's hard to really call it a blog at all.
Blogging, Writing, Personal Projects
29 points by luu 64 days ago | 12 comments
Writing a tech blog people want to read (seangoedecke.com)
My blog has gotten a lot of traffic in the last few months1. Here’s what I think I’ve been doing that’s working, and a few things that have been surprising to me. It’s a bit self-indulgent to write a meta post like this, but that’s what blogs are for.
Blogging, Content Creation, Writing, Technology, Traffic
38 points by gfysfm 67 days ago | 3 comments