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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026611 stories
As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing↗ thewalrus.ca · HN · 993 comments · 938 points · Aug 10, 2026
I am retiring from tech to live offline↗ openpath.quest · HN · 586 comments · 877 points · May 29, 2026
Internet Archive Switzerland↗ blog.archive.org · HN · 117 comments · 702 points · May 09, 2026
Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline↗ projectnomad.us · HN · 222 comments · 610 points · Mar 22, 2026
Dead Internet Theory↗ kudmitry.com · HN · 697 comments · 697 points · Jan 18, 2026
2025684 stories
I sell onions on the Internet (2019)↗ deepsouthventures.com · HN · 174 comments · 496 points · Dec 25, 2025
1 Trillion Web Pages Archived↗ blog.archive.org · HN · 94 comments · 703 points · Oct 06, 2025
Start your own Internet Resiliency Club↗ bowshock.nl · HN · 340 comments · 579 points · Jun 16, 2025
Internet Artifacts↗ neal.fun · HN · 140 comments · 693 points · May 13, 2025
Internet in a Box↗ internet-in-a-box.org · HN · 247 comments · 897 points · Apr 27, 2025
2024785 stories
Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 98 comments · 1092 points · Dec 30, 2024
Being Raised by the Internet↗ jimmyhmiller.github.io · HN · 314 comments · 837 points · Sep 25, 2024
The New Internet↗ tailscale.com · HN · 305 comments · 517 points · Jul 26, 2024
The Backrooms of the Internet Archive↗ blog.archive.org · HN · 112 comments · 722 points · Jun 08, 2024
Tell HN: Bash.org is no more↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 333 comments · 575 points · Jan 11, 2024
2023762 stories
The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again↗ rollingstone.com · HN · 28 comments · 40 points · Dec 31, 2023
Thinking About Internet History↗ content.cooperate.com · HN · 23 comments · 76 points · Dec 30, 2023
There is a misconception that if something's on the internet it'll last for↗ theguardian.com · HN · 39 comments · 54 points · Dec 26, 2023
Internet Archive: “Our Fight Is Far from Over”↗ blog.archive.org · HN · 12 comments · 63 points · Aug 12, 2023
If we lose the Internet Archive, we’re screwed↗ sbstatesman.com · HN · 59 comments · 195 points · Apr 06, 2023
2022888 stories
Shortest URLs on the Internet↗ jameswillia.ms · HN · 195 comments · 489 points · Sep 11, 2022
One kitchen, hundreds of internet restaurants↗ peabee.substack.com · HN · 355 comments · 685 points · Aug 27, 2022
Why do you waste so much time on the internet?↗ zan.bearblog.dev · HN · 652 comments · 1328 points · May 06, 2022
The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back↗ cheapskatesguide.org · HN · 390 comments · 622 points · Jan 25, 2022
The internet changed my life↗ pointersgonewild.com · HN · 165 comments · 578 points · Jan 19, 2022
2021915 stories
If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)↗ tttthis.com · HN · 323 comments · 613 points · Sep 20, 2021
The Push for a “PBS for the Internet”↗ axios.com · HN · 285 comments · 525 points · Aug 02, 2021
Internet in a Box↗ internet-in-a-box.org · HN · 139 comments · 620 points · Jun 20, 2021
Life after an internet mob attack↗ pasquale.cool · HN · 445 comments · 532 points · May 26, 2021
Internet Archive Infrastructure↗ archive.org · HN · 108 comments · 542 points · Mar 01, 2021
2020917 stories
Hotwire: HTML over the Wire↗ hotwire.dev · HN · 545 comments · 1073 points · Dec 22, 2020
The web is 30 years old today↗ home.cern · HN · 163 comments · 754 points · Dec 20, 2020
2.1M of the oldest Usenet posts are now online for anyone to read↗ vice.com · HN · 307 comments · 614 points · Oct 13, 2020
The Return of the 90s Web↗ mxb.dev · HN · 338 comments · 786 points · Jun 18, 2020
If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs↗ tttthis.com · HN · 614 comments · 1186 points · May 16, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

I'm tired of being on the network↗ matduggan.com · HN · 160 comments · 143 points · Sep 25, 2026
The internet is kind of a predatory cesspit now↗ stephendiehl.com · HN · 319 comments · 465 points · Aug 29, 2026
I think I hate the internet↗ strategictree.bearblog.dev · HN · 181 comments · 185 points · Sep 10, 2026
Internet centralization and the original sin of NAT↗ dreamstation.systems · HN · 184 comments · 229 points · Aug 31, 2026
As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing↗ thewalrus.ca · HN · 993 comments · 938 points · Aug 10, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

The internet is kind of a predatory cesspit now↗ stephendiehl.com · HN · 319 comments · 465 points · Aug 29, 2026
Internet centralization and the original sin of NAT↗ dreamstation.systems · HN · 184 comments · 229 points · Aug 31, 2026
I think I hate the internet↗ strategictree.bearblog.dev · HN · 181 comments · 185 points · Sep 10, 2026
I'm tired of being on the network↗ matduggan.com · HN · 160 comments · 143 points · Sep 25, 2026
Making the Internet Boring↗ cemrehancavdar.com · HN · 70 comments · 134 points · Aug 30, 2026
The Post-AI Internet Doesn't Look Great↗ jordangoodman.xyz · HN · 85 comments · 74 points · Sep 02, 2026
The Cables That Connect the World↗ xn--gckvb8fzb.com · HN · 11 comments · 59 points · Sep 02, 2026
"We Have to Assume That the Internet Will Go Offline in the Next Few Years"↗ trendingtopics.eu · HN · 82 comments · 47 points · Sep 06, 2026
The Empire of Information↗ lareviewofbooks.org · HN · 10 comments · 34 points · Sep 02, 2026
What Happened to Compuserve?↗ dfarq.homeip.net · HN · 17 comments · 20 points · Sep 08, 2026

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