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24 alternatives to Reply All - 64: On The Inside

Writing a blog from inside a maximum security prison

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Reply All - 64: On The Inside launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1GI
   gist.io, blogless writing for hackers▲286

   2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Reply All - 67: On the Inside, Part IV▲64

   Part 4/4: Sruthi meets Paul in prison

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3HN
   Hacker News comments for your blog▲7

   2020 · hndisq.xyz · its alternatives →

4. 4WM
   WriteFreely – minimalist, federated blogging platform▲337

   2018 · writefreely.org · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   Hacker News Comments▲189

   2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Reply All - 65: On the Inside, Part II▲60

   "A murder he claims that he didn't commit"

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7BP
   Blogging Platform for Hackers▲16

   2013 · logdown.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AN
   A new way of blogging about Lua▲111

   2017 · blog.klipse.tech · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hi▲62

   A real-time writing community.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10MT
    My Technical Blogging book for hackers and founders is now in Beta▲80

    2011 · pragprog.com · its alternatives →

11. 11ME
    My Experimental "Dev Blog" For A Pet Project▲61

    2012 · bvckup2.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Help Me Write▲94

    Get your audience to help you decide what to write about.

    2013 · its alternatives →

13. 13IM
    Infinite Monkeys – Pooling the Wisdom of Hacker News Comments▲93

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14IB
    I built a Hacker News userscript to make this site more legible▲102

    My personal itch to scratch just recently has been the umpteen formatting foibles of HackerNews. So, in the spirit of making the web more personal again, I knocked up a TamperMonkey userscript to fix up the worst of my personal bugbears. This isn't an attempt at a complete rebrand/redesign of the site, instead it's just fixing up what I think are the biggest design/readability issues whilst trying to remain true to the site's existing aesthetic. Key features: * Base font size increased * A little more room around headings * Top menu bar is full-width and with a little more padding…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HH
    Hacked Hacker News - new comment highlighting and keyboard navigation▲48

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    postach.io▲88

    The Evernote Powered Blogging Platform

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17OB
    Openblog – Blogging with GitHub Issues▲78

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18TC
    Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel▲73

    2018 · telepost.io · its alternatives →

19. 19CO
    Code on Hacker News▲45

    2018 · code.hn · its alternatives →

20. 20MW
    My weekend project - Hacker News inside Sublime Text 2▲10

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21CB
    CodeWrite – Blogging Tool for Developers▲6

    2021 · codewrite.io · its alternatives →

22. 22RM
    Review my startup – a blogging platform▲23

    2015 · sunsed.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SE
    Stack Exchange Engineering Blog▲7

    2015 · blog.stackexchange.com · its alternatives →

24. 24RT
    Reply to Hacker News comments inline, without leaving the page▲24

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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