Handwritten Blogging Platform
Shares rank 7 of 12 blogging platforms by recommenders
Recommended as a unique, beautiful blog that keeps the handwriting feel. Critics say long-form reading feels less intuitive, and text selection while reading is unsupported.
Recommended as a unique, beautiful blog that keeps the handwriting feel. Critics say long-form reading feels less intuitive, and text selection while reading is unsupported.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Lovely, unique, beautiful concept
“This is lovely. I have a growing "long reads" bookmarks folder, and this feels like exactly the kind of site I'd keep adding to it.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform” “This has got to be one of the most interesting, unique, and beautiful ideas I have seen on the internet”
Comment from 5 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform” Preserves the handwriting aspect
“it's good to see a product that reminds us of the way it was before computers and AI got involved”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform” “This one gets it right, preserving the handwriting aspect.”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to read long-form text
“my issue is usually i read while selecting so my eyes follow which unfortunately the website won't support”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform” “reading long form content from something like this, personally I feel this to be not so intuitive”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform”
Other blogging platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other blogging platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Substack | 87 | 161 | 35% | 12 | 3 yrs5 owners | — |
| Leaflet (leaflet.pub) | 22 | 1 | 96% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Ghost CMS | 21 | 4 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Bear Blog | 18 | 4 | 82% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Handwritten Blogging PlatformThis page | 11 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This has got to be one of the most interesting, unique, and beautiful ideas I have seen on the internet”
“it's good to see a product that reminds us of the way it was before computers and AI got involved”
“This is lovely. I have a growing "long reads" bookmarks folder, and this feels like exactly the kind of site I'd keep adding to it.”
“I love this project and I love how you're exploring linking in other mediums”
“Nice, left you my handwritten review of the odyssey”
“reading long form content from something like this, personally I feel this to be not so intuitive”
“my issue is usually i read while selecting so my eyes follow which unfortunately the website won't support”
“This one gets it right, preserving the handwriting aspect.”
“Very cool, maybe add a more prominent header link”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.