Lapse
Ranked 12 of 12 blogging platforms by recommenders
People recommend Lapse as a low-effort place to keep notes and thoughts, and as a blog that deletes itself if you stop writing.
People recommend Lapse as a low-effort place to keep notes and thoughts, and as a blog that deletes itself if you stop writing.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Useful, low-effort place for thoughts
“So wherever you talk, you're saving important info without efforts.”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: Show your micro-SaaS” “it's becoming a surprisingly useful place for my thoughts to live”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)”
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 |
| LapseThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“So wherever you talk, you're saving important info without efforts.”
“This looks very cool, will most likely check it out!”
“it's becoming a surprisingly useful place for my thoughts to live”
“I love it; also loved the minimalism.”
“Lapse is an attempt to make abandonment the default.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.