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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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

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2026702 stories
Every Fucking Website (2020)↗ lxe.github.io · HN · 498 comments · 873 points · Aug 14, 2026
Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)↗ danq.me · HN · 549 comments · 895 points · Jul 11, 2026
Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight↗ mohkohn.co.uk · HN · 569 comments · 1278 points · Jun 10, 2026
I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok↗ 0xsid.com · HN · 564 comments · 929 points · Apr 06, 2026
Have a fucking website↗ otherstrangeness.com · HN · 525 comments · 948 points · Mar 18, 2026
2025763 stories
Why our website looks like an operating system↗ posthog.com · HN · 487 comments · 684 points · Sep 11, 2025
Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file↗ hyperclay.com · HN · 233 comments · 646 points · Aug 18, 2025
This website is for humans↗ localghost.dev · HN · 355 comments · 657 points · Aug 13, 2025
Plain Vanilla Web↗ plainvanillaweb.com · HN · 685 comments · 1519 points · May 11, 2025
Web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you↗ rachelbythebay.com · HN · 294 comments · 569 points · Jan 05, 2025
2024815 stories
The Monospace Web↗ owickstrom.github.io · HN · 152 comments · 612 points · Aug 27, 2024
Microfeatures I love in blogs and personal websites↗ danilafe.com · HN · 421 comments · 983 points · Jun 24, 2024
Original WWW proposal is a Word for Macintosh 4 file from 1990, can we open it?↗ blog.jgc.org · HN · 205 comments · 478 points · Feb 13, 2024
Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)↗ zachholman.com · HN · 397 comments · 546 points · Jan 25, 2024
Where Have All the Websites Gone?↗ fromjason.xyz · HN · 398 comments · 547 points · Jan 09, 2024
2023845 stories
The Web Is Fantastic↗ rknight.me · HN · 24 comments · 141 points · Dec 29, 2023
Web Development History – Internet history for the technically curious↗ webdevelopmenthistory.com · HN · 15 comments · 124 points · Dec 27, 2023
Poor Man's Web↗ zserge.com · HN · 80 comments · 122 points · Dec 27, 2023
What We Need Instead of "Web Components"↗ blog.carlana.net · HN · 141 comments · 132 points · Dec 22, 2023
The Small Website Discoverability Crisis↗ marginalia.nu · HN · 37 comments · 89 points · Nov 15, 2023
2022920 stories
I regret my website redesign↗ mtlynch.io · HN · 749 comments · 2011 points · Jul 21, 2022
How I Experience the Web Today↗ how-i-experience-web-today.com · HN · 156 comments · 421 points · Jul 15, 2022
USWDS: The United States Web Design System↗ designsystem.digital.gov · HN · 145 comments · 482 points · Mar 29, 2022
SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file↗ github.com · HN · 240 comments · 958 points · Mar 02, 2022
Tell HN: I let my 6-year-old daughter design my website↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 183 comments · 923 points · Feb 15, 2022
2021755 stories
Only 90s web developers remember this (2014)↗ zachholman.com · HN · 345 comments · 628 points · Nov 21, 2021
Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 787 comments · 666 points · Oct 22, 2021
How I Experience Web Today↗ how-i-experience-web-today.com · HN · 314 comments · 985 points · Aug 23, 2021
Inside a viral website↗ notfunatparties.substack.com · HN · 294 comments · 787 points · Mar 31, 2021
HTTPWTF↗ httptoolkit.tech · HN · 138 comments · 845 points · Mar 04, 2021
20201,054 stories
Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007↗ spacehey.com · HN · 290 comments · 726 points · Nov 29, 2020
Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com↗ heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com · HN · 192 comments · 843 points · Aug 26, 2020
Space Jam's 1996 website is still alive↗ spacejam.com · HN · 266 comments · 707 points · Jul 02, 2020
Second-Guessing the Modern Web↗ macwright.org · HN · 453 comments · 721 points · May 10, 2020
Time.gov was upgraded today↗ time.gov · HN · 210 comments · 692 points · Feb 08, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps (2025)↗ inkandswitch.com · HN · 70 comments · 146 points · Sep 27, 2026
The asteroid currently hitting front end web development↗ nolanlawson.com · HN · 286 comments · 235 points · Sep 03, 2026
Every Fucking Website (2020)↗ lxe.github.io · HN · 498 comments · 873 points · Aug 14, 2026
Modern Motherfucking Website↗ modernmotherfuckingwebsite.dreamstation.systems · HN · 2 comments · 38 points · Sep 24, 2026
Small, native web tricks worth remembering↗ htmlcat.net · HN · 64 comments · 250 points · Aug 21, 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 asteroid currently hitting front end web development↗ nolanlawson.com · HN · 286 comments · 235 points · Sep 03, 2026
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps (2025)↗ inkandswitch.com · HN · 70 comments · 146 points · Sep 27, 2026
Top Web Design Styles of 1993↗ contemporary-home-computing.org · HN · 14 comments · 68 points · Aug 31, 2026
Modern Motherfucking Website↗ modernmotherfuckingwebsite.dreamstation.systems · HN · 2 comments · 38 points · Sep 24, 2026
Show HN: Restarted – a 2026 remake of the classic 2015 startup generator↗ restarted.io · HN · 9 comments · 26 points · Sep 15, 2026
LinkedIn is a terrible quality website↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 15 comments · 24 points · Sep 23, 2026
The asteroid currently hitting front end web development↗ nolanlawson.com · HN · 7 comments · 24 points · Sep 01, 2026
1kB Website as Status Symbol↗ async.cat · HN · 20 comments · 23 points · Aug 30, 2026
Show HN: Free game to destroy any web page↗ page-rage.com · HN · 7 comments · 20 points · Sep 17, 2026
Why Personal Websites Are Coming Back↗ deadparrotbbs.com · HN · 16 comments · 13 points · Sep 15, 2026

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