Netflix TechBlog
Shares rank 16 of 26 newsletters by recommenders
Netflix's engineering blog, recommended for well-written posts that share substantial engineering work and advance the wider industry. No recurring caveats.
Netflix's engineering blog, recommended for well-written posts that share substantial engineering work and advance the wider industry. No recurring caveats.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: 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: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 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
Well written and convincing
“The Netflix blogs are EXTREMELY well written and convincing.”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Engineers should read more blogs” Advances the entire industry
“There's a tremendous amount of engineering work there which advances the entire industry.”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday” High-quality company engineering writing
“Multiple high quality company engineering blogs”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?”
Other newsletters people recommend
The four most recommended other newsletters, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Zitron newsletter | 46 | 42 | 52% | 12 | — | — |
| Simon Willison's blog | 21 | 2 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| SemiAnalysis | 20 | 12 | 63% | 8 | — | — |
| acoup.blog | 19 | 0 | 100% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Netflix TechBlogThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Multiple high quality company engineering blogs”
“There's a tremendous amount of engineering work there which advances the entire industry.”
“The Netflix blogs are EXTREMELY well written and convincing.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.