What powers baldurbjarnason.com?

Last seen Jun 2026 · 8 technologies across 6 categories

Analytics

Plausible

since Feb 2023

Ecommerce

Cart Functionality

since Jan 2023

Marketing automation

ConvertKit

since Jul 2021

Miscellaneous

Open Graph

since Sep 2022

PWA

since Aug 2022

RSS

since Dec 2022

PaaS

Netlify

since Jun 2021

Security

HSTS

since Sep 2022

Top search keywords

Keyword	Position	Est. monthly visits
the tech bubble	#13	87
reasoning from first principles	#11	60
website dev	#89	57
halide	#34	21
deno	#24	14
baldur bjarnason	#1	12
types of notes	#16	8
read time estimator	#30	8
gall's law	#10	7
reading time	#25	6
different kinds of notes	#17	3
fetch form-data	#4	3
cat raven	#10	2
cat raven	#10	2
reasoning from principle	#7	2
all notes	#38	2
over engineered	#51	2
overengineering	#48	2
is visual studio code safe	#7	2
halide review	#4	2
halide app review	#5	2
how long will it take to read this	#46	2
fetch post form data	#5	2
form data to object	#4	2
whisper llm	#15	1

The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.

Top backlinks

From	Anchor text
smithsonianmag.com	Baldur Bjarnason
infoq.com	Baldur Bjarnason
wearedevelopers.com	insightful post about the web developer job marke
hwupgrade.it	Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI’ is a huge risk
protocol.com	136 facts every web dev should know before they burn out and turn to landscape p
thebookdesigner.com	https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/the-ibooks-textbook-format/
daemonology.net	Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and turn to painting
draketo.de	The Open-Source Software bubble that is and the blogging bubble that was
downes.ca	Direct link
bsdnow.tv	The Open-Source Software bubble that is and the blogging bubble that was
aaron-gustafson.com	(no text)
fiftyfiveandfive.com	50%
tuxmachines.org	The Open-Source Software bubble that is and the blogging bubble that was
progclub.org	136 facts every web dev should know before they burn out and turn to landscape p
woxx.lu	oft schlecht, lassen wichtige Details aus oder, schlimmer noch, sind voll mit Fa
lets-talk.ie	(no text)
dsebastien.net	(no text)
nucamp.co	job market for web devs
jvt.me	The Open-Source Software bubble that is and the blogging bubble that was –
lealternative.net	post
quaternum.net	Baldur Bjarnason
danylkoweb.com	How to keep up with web development without falling into despair
webthunder.io	What do I need to read to be a great at CSS? â€“Â Baldur
eleanorkonik.com	different kinds of notes
mollywhite.net	“React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage the

Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.

Audience

56% phone
44% desktop

United States

Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.

Open Page Rank

5.45 / 10 · ranked #165,100 of all domains

323 referring domains · OpenPageRank

Search traffic

330 est. monthly organic visits (US)

187 keywords in Google's top 30

Core Web Vitals

LCP	1.1 s
CLS	0.05
TTFB	500 ms

Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.

Subdomains

Host	Techs
www.baldurbjarnason.com	7
illusion.baldurbjarnason.com	5
softwarecrisis.baldurbjarnason.com	5

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