Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My Embarassing website from the 00s launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1ME
   My embarrassing personal website from the 90s▲867

   2018 · boglin.iwarp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Reddit Wayback Machine▲83

   See what the frontpage looked like the day you joined

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3AS
   A stupid website for animating images on top of videos (HTML5 and WASM)▲161

   2020 · madeitfor.fun · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Shady URL▲34

   Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frighten

   2014 · shadyurl.com · its alternatives →

5. 5SH
   Show HN your embarrassing (old) code▲9

   First I'll start off: http://pastebin.com/ATdDUStd That was from January 2008. I was young and stupid. I'm probably just as stupid now, but at least I can see now how stupid that was. So let's open up the shame files, and show how far we've come by recognising how bad we used to be.

   2012 · pastebin.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   This is a motherf*cking website.▲8

   Brutal.

   2017 · motherfuckingwebsite.com · its alternatives →

7. 7IB
   I built a mostly uncensored anonymous question-answer website▲7

   2020 · qane.net · its alternatives →

8. 8AS
   A site that spots bullshit▲9

   2017 · nochio.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Showcase of bad UX▲24

   2017 · grumpy.website · its alternatives →

10. 10NM
    [NSFW] My First Website: Random Pr0nz▲6

    2017 · random-drk.netlify.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Shitty User Names▲101

    Generate crude and unusual usernames

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Retro Site Ninja▲99

    Inspiring designers with 90's websites

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13MF
    My first webapp. Yikes! Read and Post Stories anonymously▲5

    2012 · sam-the-man.com · its alternatives →

14. 14PB
    Please belittle and insult my free online notes and textbook platform▲54

    2012 · bookvoid.com · its alternatives →

15. 15M4
    My 404 page is a text adventure▲6

    2022 · csokavar.hu · its alternatives →

16. 16MP
    My Personal Website from 1998▲26

    2017 · jasonkester.com · its alternatives →

17. 17MF
    My first website ever, just out of college (1999)▲26

    2022 · web.archive.org · its alternatives →

18. 18
    My New Web Page Looks Like Windows 95▲6

    2020 · victorribeiro.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AW
    A Website You Can Only Visit Once▲6

    2024 · onlyvisitonce.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Pinterest▲7

    The absolute best design time suck online.

    2015 · pinterest.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Cry My Ip▲3

    Click the link, click the button, cringe.

    2015 · crymyip.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    CrazyLister▲5

    Turn shitty eBay listings to cash cows (mooo....)

    2016 · crazylister.com · its alternatives →

23. 23MS
    Made stupid simple private Markdown viewer▲5

    2024 · onlinemarkdownviewer.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Puns.dev▲4

    The Worst Computer Puns on the Internet

    2019 · puns.dev · its alternatives →

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