# Alex's blog by Oren Yomtov

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Alex's blog by Oren Yomtov and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for in-depth, fascinating technical writing on topics like ASCII rendering and halftone, and readers say the rest of the blog keeps the same depth.

## Why people recommend it

- Consistent depth across posts (1 comments): "The rest of this blog is at this same level of depth, worth a sub" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46657414))
- Fascinating technical subjects (1 comments): "it's actually quite fascinating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46823340))
- Excellent work by its author (1 comments): "who also does excellent work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017032))
- Fun to read (1 comments): "Pretty fun blog, actually." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46823708))

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- [Julia Evans blog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/julia-evans-blog.md): 11 recommend
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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Alex's blog by Oren Yomtov", https://hackerapproved.com/p/alex-s-blog/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).