HTML/Functional CSS Performance Test of HN Homepage

What it does

In the maker’s words, at launch

This project was made to demonstrate the power of the functional CSS and proper HTML techniques on Hacker News frontpage. Everything started with this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20854214 that talks about how good is that HN wasn't redesigned since the OP was browsing it with slow…

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  I made a modern web UI for Hacker News2022 · modernhn.com · ▲308

  Hey HN, I made this free browser extension that modernizes the Hacker News design. I previously launched Modern for Wikipedia [1] here back in December, and it seemed like the obvious next choice to build one for HN too! So I've taken what I learned from building that, and have spent all my spare time this year building Modern for HN. I realize this won't be for everyone, but it was a fun project to work on, and I'm really happy with the result so far. Hope you like it too! Lots more planned for future updates, and suggestions welcome :) [1]…

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  I built an interactive HN SimulatorNov 2025 · news.ysimulator.run · ▲538

  Hey HN! Just for fun, I built an interactive Hacker News Simulator. You can submit text posts and links, just like the real HN. But on HN Simulator, all of the comments are generated by LLMs + generate instantly. The best way to use it (IMHO) is to submit a text post or a curl-able URL here: https://news.ysimulator.run/submit. You don't need an account to post. When you do that, various prompts will be built from a library of commenter archetypes, moods, and shapes. The AI commenters will actually respond to your text post and/or submitted link. I really wanted it to feel…

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  Modern for Hacker News2022 · modernhn.com · ▲167

  A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News

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  Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience2019 · github.com · ▲259

  ✨ Hacker News, but refined — Interface tweaks and features to make the HN experience better - plibither8/refined-hacker-news

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  HackerNews reimagined without tables or center elements.2012 · coderwall.com · ▲165

  A protip by sergiotapia about css, html, and hackernews.

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  Hacker News Outliers2024 · hn.moritz.pm · ▲147

  I made a little website with a server that collects only HN submissions with > 500 upvotes chronologically. https://hn.moritz.pm/ It's quite simple because I wanted to learn from the project. But I think it's useful, to get a summary of what was important over the last days. The UI is almost identical to the HN frontpage, you can click on the comments to view the thread and on the username to see the profile. The rest of the cards takes you to the submitted URL.

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  /dev/null▲490

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  OpenBot▲362

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  Talanoa▲346

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

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  Terms & Conditions Generator by iubenda▲891

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  See a Satellite Tonight. No Telescope Required▲863

  Satellites 🛰️ are visible in the night sky, no telescope required, if you know where to look. Find out here.

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  100,000 Faces▲845

  Free resource of 100k diverse faces generated by AI

  AI · 2019 · generated.photos

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  Cyberpunk web design made easy, really easy▲775

  Life & fun · 2019 · augmented-ui.com

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  Browse Reddit in 3D▲720

  Life & fun · 2019 · 3dforreddit.com

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  A Senior Engineer's CheckList▲662

  Sharing something that I wrote for my use but I think can be useful to others (I am an engineer with the title of Senior Software Engineer) Visit [1] for a full list (table view gives a lot of options. See "Controls"). Visit [2] for a summary. The source of the list is at [3] 1. https://littleblah.com/post/2019-09-01-senior-engineer-checklist/ 2. https://medium.com/@littleblah/my-top-25-items-in-a-senior-engineers-checklist-c8e9f9f6e3c2 3. https://github.com/littleblah/senior-engineer-checklist Feedbacks/Pull requests…

  Dev tools · 2019