Robin Rendle
robinrendle.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2013
Robin Rendle, a web designer and writer, posts about web design, typography, blogging, and the craft of building websites.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend it as a pleasant designer's blog and link his notes on taking a break and why websites are embarrassing; one praises his shadows essay.
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- 1Newsletters11 people · 18 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 2Why Are Websites Embarrassing?4 people · 6 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 3Take a break2 people · 433 points · first shared 2022 · 163 comments on HN
- 4I Don’t Believe in Full-Stack Engineering2 people · 238 points · first shared 2018 · 190 comments on HN
- 5The New Web Typography2 people · 176 points · first shared 2016 · 64 comments on HN
- 6Systems, Mistakes, and the Sea (2019)2 people · 32 points · first shared 2020 · 2 comments on HN
- 7Take Care of Your Blog2 people · 5 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 8People Not People2 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 9Vibe Driven Development2 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · 2 comments on HN
- 10I am a-poem I am not software2 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 11The Risks of Staying Put2 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 12CSS Nesting2 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 13I don’t believe in sprints1 people · 337 points · first shared 2022 · 450 comments on HN
- 14The Other Internet1 people · 131 points · first shared 2022 · 74 comments on HN
- 15Hire HTML and CSS People1 people · 60 points · first shared 2024 · 50 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
halosghost · 2025-04-19
As opposed to overly-engineered websites that hijack [0] scroll-behavior, which only increase anxiety and fury.
ಠ_ಠ
All the best,
-HG
[0]: web-designers take-note, the normal term [1] in the field for doing this refers to violent crime. Think on your sins.
[1]: https://robinrendle.com/notes/scrolljacking/
wonger_ · 2024-05-12
Off the top of my head:
https://sonnet.io/
https://manuelmoreale.com/
https://robinrendle.com/
https://jero.zone/
Try clicking around their posts and seeing other blogs that these link to. The most pleasant blogs imo are designers' blogs that nail the fundamentals and avoid flashy gimmicks. Then it's programmer blogs who are humble enough to stick with safe default themes.
noobermin · 2022-10-04
I happened to read this cat's article on shadows[0]. Fantastic stuff, he seems like a real interesting fellow.
[0] https://www.robinrendle.com/essays/in-praise-of-shadows/
itsjustjordan · 2024-09-06
I have this pinned and read it like once a month just as a refresher to not let it get that far
https://robinrendle.com/notes/take-a-break-you-idiot/