# Lapse

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Lapse and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Lapse as a low-effort place to keep notes and thoughts, and as a blog that deletes itself if you stop writing.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful, low-effort place for thoughts (2 comments): "So wherever you talk, you're saving important info without efforts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600470)) "it's becoming a surprisingly useful place for my thoughts to live" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49249369))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Substack](https://hackerapproved.com/p/substack.md): 87 recommend
- [Leaflet (leaflet.pub)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leaflet.md): 22 recommend
- [Ghost CMS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghost.md): 21 recommend
- [Bear Blog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bear-blog.md): 18 recommend
- [TextLog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/textlog.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Lapse", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lapse/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).