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The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News [ Methodology]
Dates: Start: End: Limit: Rank Domain Total Score Stories Average Score Author Bio Topics 1 simonwillison.net 20,117 74 272 Simon Willison AI researcher and co-creator of Django AI, data journalism, blogging 2 jeffgeerling.com 10,813 44 246 Jeff Geerling Developer and YouTube creator Raspberry Pi, Ansible, open-source 3 seangoedecke.com 10,804 49 220 Sean Goedecke Writer and software developer writing, programming, personal projects 4 krebsonsecurity.com 10,699 47 228 Brian Krebs Independent journalist security, malware, fraud 5 neal.fun 8,936 6 1,489 Neal Agarwal Interactive web developer and designer web development, creative coding, interactive design 6 daringfireball.net 6,340 20 317 John Gruber Technology blogger Apple, technology, design 7 ericmigi.com 6,022 9 669 Eric Migicovsky Inventor and founder of Pebble and Beeper pebble, hardware, smartwatches 8 antirez.com 5,821 10 582 Salvatore Sanfilippo Creator of Redis databases, open-source, software development 9 idiallo.com 5,539 17 326 Ibrahim Diallo Software developer and blogger programming, software development, technology 10 maurycyz.com 5,058 9 562 Maurycy Z. Electronics and software enthusiast electronics, programming, photography 11 pluralistic.net 4,865 35 139 Cory Doctorow Author and activist activism, technology, copyright 12 shkspr.mobi 4,697 33 142 Terence Eden Technology consultant and writer open data, technology, digital rights 13 lcamtuf.substack.com 4,587 21 218 Michał Zalewski Security researcher and author security, software development, hacking 14 mitchellh.com 4,522 9 502 Mitchell Hashimoto Co-founder of HashiCorp infrastructure, automation, open source 15 dynomight.net 4,182 20 209 Anonymous science, existential angst 16 utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks 4,146 43 96 Chris Siebenmann Unix system administrator at University of Toronto Unix, system administration, linux 17 xeiaso.net 3,990 16 249 Xe Iaso Software developer and creator of Anubis software development, Rust programming, Nix 18 devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing 3,949 28 141 Raymond Chen Veteran Microsoft engineer Windows development, programming, software history 19 righto.com 3,799 25 152 Ken Shirriff Vintage computer enthusiast computer history, vintage computers, reverse engineering 20 lucumr.pocoo.org 3,747 17 220 Armin Ronacher Software developer and creator of Flask Python, open-source, software development 21 skyfall.dev 3,406 1 3,406 Mahad Kalam Software engineer based in the UK ai, security, web development 22 byran.ee 3,237 1 3,237 Byran Huang Indie laptop maker indie hardware, personal projects 23 garymarcus.substack.com 3,058 29 105 Gary Marcus Cognitive scientist, author, and entrepreneur AI, cognitive science, technology 24 rachelbythebay.com 2,956 17 174 Rachel Kroll Infrastructure engineer software engineering, personal experiences, technology 25 overreacted.io 2,934 9 326 Dan Abramov Software developer and React core team member React, JavaScript, web development 26 timsh.org 2,928 4 732 Tim Sh Product manager and ex-CTO programming, technology, personal thoughts 27 johndcook.com 2,916 26 112 John D. Cook Consultant and mathematician mathematics, statistics, software development 28 gilesthomas.com 2,916 9 324 Giles Thomas Developer and entrepreneur programming, technology, business 29 matklad.github.io 2,871 19 151 Alex Kladov Software developer and Rust contributor Rust, software development, programming languages 30 thebignewsletter.com 2,862 11 260 Matt Stoller Antitrust advocate and author politics, monopolies 31 derekthompson.org 2,860 14 204 Derek Thompson Journalist and author culture, technology, economics 32 evanhahn.com 2,839 11 258 Evan Hahn Software developer and author open-source, JavaScript, productivity 33 terriblesoftware.org 2,798 11 254 Matheus Lima Software developer engineering leadership, computer science, tech adventures 34 rakhim.exotext.com 2,785 7 398 Rakhim Davletkaliyev Staff engineer and founder of Exotext programming, semantic web, technology 35 joanwestenberg.com 2,748 10 275 JA Westenberg Writer and technologist startups, culture, philosophy 36 xania.org 2,658 13 204 Matt Godbolt C++ developer and compiler expert assembly, compilers, performance 37 micahflee.com 2,652 10 265 Micah Lee InfoSec engineer and journalist security, privacy, hacking 38 nesbitt.io 2,621 6 437 Andrew Nesbitt Software engineer and researcher open source, package management, data 39 construction-physics.com 2,590 22 118 Brian Potter Engineer and writer construction, engineering, physics 40 tedium.co 2,559 15 171 Ernie Smith Writer and editor obscure history, technology, culture 41 susam.net 2,544 16 159 Susam Pal Software engineer and writer software development, mathematics, puzzles 42 entropicthoughts.com 2,531 19 133 Chris Quant and systems thinker software, systems thinking, management 43 buttondown.com/hillelwayne 2,501 17 147 Hillel Wayne Consultant and author formal methods, software engineering, technology 44 dwarkesh.com 2,477 7 354 Dwarkesh Patel Host of the Dwarkesh Podcast AI, technology, long-form interviews 45 borretti.me 2,452 11 223 Fernando Borretti Developer and programming language author software development, personal projects, programming languages 46 wheresyoured.at 2,432 27 90 Ed Zitron CEO of EZPR tech industry, AI, media criticism 47 jayd.ml 2,425 2 1,213 Jayden Milne Software developer and blogger programming, personal projects, web development 48 minimaxir.com 2,411 6 402 Max Woolf Data scientist and software developer data science, machine learning, software development 49 geohot.github.io 2,409 11 219 George Hotz Hacker and entrepreneur technology, hacking, AI 50 paulgraham.com 2,366 10 237 Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator, entrepreneur, and essayist startups, technology, entrepreneurship 51 filfre.net 2,353 12 196 Jimmy Maher Writer and historian computer history, interactive fiction, technology 52 blog.jim-nielsen.com 2,345 9 261 Jim Nielsen Web developer and designer web development, design, technology 53 dfarq.homeip.net 2,322 17 137 David Farquhar Computer security professional and author security, vintage computers, technology 54 jyn.dev 2,308 11 210 Jyn Nelson Rust compiler engineer Rust, compilers, programming 55 geoffreylitt.com 2,305 7 329 Geoffrey Litt Software developer and researcher software development, human-computer interaction 56 downtowndougbrown.com 2,297 8 287 Doug Brown Writer and urban planner urban planning, development 57 brutecat.com 2,239 2 1,120 skull Security researcher bug bounties, Google vulnerabilities 58 emily.space 2,214 1 2,214 Emily Calandrelli Science communicator and engineer space, science, STEM 59 eli.thegreenplace.net 2,190 15 146 Eli Bendersky Software developer programming, compilers, technology 60 abortretry.fail 2,189 16 137 Bradford Morgan White vintage software 61 fabiensanglard.net 2,146 7 307 Fabien Sanglard Software developer and author game development, software engineering, retro computing 62 oldvcr.blogspot.com 2,079 16 130 Cameron Kaiser Vintage computer enthusiast vintage computers, linux 63 bogdanthegeek.github.io 2,078 2 1,039 Bogdan Ionescu Electronics and software enthusiast electronics, chemistry, programming 64 hugotunius.se 2,071 1 2,071 Hugo Tunius Software developer iOS, mobile development, technology 65 gwern.net 2,022 17 119 Gwern Branwen Researcher and writer psychology, statistics, technology 66 makingsoftware.com 2,016 4 504 Dan Hollick Product designer and software writer software design, engineering, illustration 67 berthub.eu 2,000 10 200 Bert Hubert Software developer and entrepreneur DNS, software development, technology 68 chadnauseam.com 1,994 3 665 Chad Nauseam Writer and tech enthusiast technology, culture, personal essays 69 simone.org 1,975 1 1,975 Simone Salis Creative Director and process engineer digital minimalism, philosophy, technology 70 it-notes.dragas.net 1,967 9 219 Stefano Marinelli System administrator and writer FreeBSD, Linux, system administration 71 beej.us 1,937 5 387 Brian "Beej" Hall Software developer and educator network programming, software development, education 72 hey.paris 1,934 2 967 Paris Buttfield-Addison Computer scientist and author game development, AI, technology 73 danielwirtz.com 1,930 2 965 Daniel Wirtz Product designer and developer design, no-code tools, productivity 74 matduggan.com 1,874 8 234 Mat Duggan Writer and blogger writing, technology, culture 75 refactoringenglish.com Refactoring English book 1,871 6 312 Michael Lynch Software developer and author blogging, writing, english 76 worksonmymachine.substack.com 1,869 5 374 Scott Werner Writer and software developer AI, software development, future of work 77 philiplaine.com 1,865 1 1,865 Philip Laine Software developer software development, cloud infrastructure 78 steveblank.com 1,812 7 259 Steve Blank Entrepreneur and educator startups, entrepreneurship, lean startup methodology 79 bernsteinbear.com 1,802 15 120 Max Bernstein Programmer and researcher compilers, programming languages, implementation 80 danieldelaney.net 1,802 2 901 Daniel Delaney Developer and writer programming, technology, personal projects 81 troyhunt.com 1,799 5 360 Troy Hunt Security expert and instructor security, data breaches, web security 82 herman.bearblog.dev 1,791 6 299 Herman Martinus Developer and writer software development, technology 83 sergey.fyi 1,784 3 595 Sergey Mohov Product designer and developer design, technology, personal projects 84 gatesnotes.com 1,783 7 255 Bill Gates Philanthropist and technologist global health, education, technology 85 tomrenner.com 1,773 1 1,773 Tom Renner Generalist developer and team lead software development, ethical tech 86 blog.pixelmelt.dev 1,758 1 1,758 Ciarán Security researcher and developer reverse engineering, obfuscation, javascript 87 martinalderson.com 1,748 6 291 Martin Alderson Writer and software engineer web development, AI, performance 88 danielchasehooper.com 1,740 5 348 Daniel Chase Hooper Physicist and researcher physics, research, academia 89 chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham 1,700 7 243 Simon Tatham Software developer and mathematician programming, puzzles, software tools 90 grantslatton.com 1,685 3 562 Grant Slatton Engineer and writer technology, programming, personal essays 91 experimental-history.com 1,671 6 279 Adam Mastroianni Writer and software engineer history, technology, urban planning 92 anildash.com 1,626 7 232 Anil Dash Technologist and writer culture, technology, policy 93 aresluna.org 1,618 5 324 Marcin Wichary Designer, writer, & typographer typography 94 michael.stapelberg.ch 1,609 7 230 Michael Stapelberg Software developer software development, Linux, open source 95 miguelgrinberg.com 1,608 7 230 Miguel Grinberg Software engineer and author Python, Flask, web development 96 catherinejue.com 1,606 1 1,606 Catherine Jue Co-founder of Kernel startups, AI infrastructure, software 97 keygen.sh 1,603 1 1,603 Zeke Gabrielse Founder of Keygen indie business, software development 98 mjg59.dreamwidth.org 1,602 9 178 Matthew Garrett Security developer security, Linux, open-source 99 computer.rip 1,600 11 145 J.B. Crawford DevOps consultant and writer computer history 100 tedunangst.com 1,597 13 123 Ted Unangst Software developer and OpenBSD contributor OpenBSD, software development, security Corrections