Robin Rendle, a web designer and writer, posts about web design, typography, blogging, and the craft of building websites.
HN commenters recommend it as a pleasant designer's blog and link his notes on taking a break and why websites are embarrassing; one praises his shadows essay.
Off the top of my head:
https://sonnet.io/
https://manuelmoreale.com/
https://robinrendle.com/
https://jero.zone/
Try clicking around their posts and seeing other blogs that these link to. The most pleasant blogs imo are designers' blogs that nail the fundamentals and avoid flashy gimmicks. Then it's programmer blogs who are humble enough to stick with safe default themes.
As opposed to overly-engineered websites that hijack [0] scroll-behavior, which only increase anxiety and fury.
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All the best,
-HG
[0]: web-designers take-note, the normal term [1] in the field for doing this refers to violent crime. Think on your sins.
[1]: https://robinrendle.com/notes/scrolljacking/
I happened to read this cat's article on shadows[0]. Fantastic stuff, he seems like a real interesting fellow.
[0] https://www.robinrendle.com/essays/in-praise-of-shadows/
I have this pinned and read it like once a month just as a refresher to not let it get that far
https://robinrendle.com/notes/take-a-break-you-idiot/
https://robinrendle.com/notes/why-are-websites-embarrassing/