Brian Lovin
brianlovin.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2012
Brian Lovin, a designer and developer, writes about how his personal website works, side projects, interviewing, and a security checklist.
What HN saysHN commenters praise his in-depth security checklist and cite his personal site as a design influence and model for others.
21HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1How My Website Works6 people · 4 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 2Do a Security Checklist for Your Digital Life3 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · 1 comments on HN
- 3The Side Project Prophecy2 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 4Homepage2 people · first shared 2022
- 5Reasons you aren't updating your personal site (2020)1 people · 72 points · first shared 2022 · 72 comments on HN
- 6Becoming a Better Interviewer1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 7Incrementally Correct Personal Websites1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 8My playbook for shipping side projects1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 9Omarchy First Impressions1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 10Use the Hyper Key1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 11Politics1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 12A primer on investing for designers and developers1 people · 1 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 13Technology in the Classroom1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14Hn 318380491 people · first shared 2022
- 15Writing1 people · first shared 2022
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sjsanc · 2022-04-22
It looks remarkably (suspiciously) similar to Brian Lovin's website https://brianlovin.com
mxstbr · 2022-04-04
If you haven't seen it, Brian Lovin also has a fantastic, in-depth security checklist on his website that links to many more valuable resources: https://brianlovin.com/security
It's aimed more at "the minimum any person should do", so isn't as wide-ranging as the OP and a bit more practical to share with family & friends who might not be as technical.
cocacola1 · 2023-05-13
- https://satyrs.eu/
- https://brainbaking.com/
- https://brianlovin.com/
- https://www.joshwcomeau.com/
- https://css-irl.info/
- https://protesilaos.com/
- https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/
- https://publicdomainreview.org/
And, more for content than design (though I do like the look)
- https://www.newyorker.com/
- https://www.theparisreview.org/
- https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/
beseku · 2022-11-14
Is this something to do with Brian Lovin? I see the design of his personal site is a heavy influence, but didn't know it was open sourced?
https://brianlovin.com/writing
crabl · 2022-04-07
https://crabl.net/
I've been working on turning my personal website into something more "app-like" (in the same vein as Brian Lovin: https://brianlovin.com/writing/how-my-website-works) and earlier this year I settled on a design that I actually don't hate for a change ;)
ilovelearning · 2022-09-17
searchableguy · 2022-06-22
Why not use https://brianlovin.com/hn/31838049 ?
jessfyi · 2022-08-24
https://maggieappleton.com/ for her take on a digital garden. She also compiled more below [0] if opening your thought process to the public is your thing (adopting the concept actually got me to add more structure to my serious notes and actually post more)
https://brianlovin.com/writing/how-my-website-works because of how in-depth he went with hosting his notes, bookmarks, and other projects.
https://wattenberger.com/ for its reactivity/place for her d3.js experiments.
and here is a general collection of dope blog additions: https://brainbaking.com/post/2022/04/cool-things-people-do-with-their-…
My overall advice is unless you're a designer flexing your skills is to focus less on the design and more on the actual writing! The internet is littered with the emaciated husks of nice good looking sites hosting nary an entry beyond "How I Made My New Blog With X"
[0] https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners