Hacker News Site Layout
Hey folks, I'm trying to warm up to Hacker News, but am I the only one who thinks that the site looks like it's from another decade? The UI is horrible. Are there any reasons why this site looks the way it does?
cdieck88
Re:Show HN: TexLite – A lightweight self-hosted LaTeX workspace
on Thursday August 27, 2026 @02:39AM (#49460725)
Also a nice feature would be a ready-to-go Docker container. I imagine quite a few users would prefer running it through Portainer or a similar setup. Sure, it’s easy enough to build one yourself, but having an official container would make getting started even more convenient.
Re:Handwritten Blog
on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @01:08AM (#49444225)
Funny idea! I like it and it’s mostly AI-free.
Re:Show HN: A techno machine in one HTML file, with verifiable renders
on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @04:05AM (#49430489)
It has a lot of buttons, but a physical mixing console often looks much wilder. Congratulations on the idea and the result. Great work!
Re:Show HN: Interactive map of the Odyssey with tap-to-gloss Homeric G...
on Friday August 21, 2026 @02:40PM (#49392248)
Very aesthetic design. Congratulations!
Re:Show HN: Sitmap – a World in Conflict inspired map maker for Cold W...
on Thursday August 20, 2026 @09:23AM (#49374277)
This is really cool! Maybe it could even be the beginning of a Risk-like strategy game?
Re:Show HN: Privacy focused client side password generator
on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @03:39AM (#49358253)
Really nice work I especially like the UI!
Re:Show HN: Draw.city – geography game where you circle the target pop...
on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @03:36AM (#49358221)
Really cool idea! I’ve always loved GeoGuessr, so this immediately caught my attention. I really like the idea of combining that kind of map exploration with actual population data.I’m also curious about the data side of things. Where do you get the population and demographic data from and how are you allowed to use and redistribute it? Given how huge these datasets must be, how is the data actually provided? Do you download the full dataset, use an API, or is there some other approach?
Re:Show HN: Visimer – open-source visual editor for Mermaid diagrams
on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @08:51AM (#49344906)
Nice one! I use Mermaid sometimes in my blog posts. Whenever I make a small change, I have to run `astro build` to see the result in the generated HTML. With your editor, the whole process should be much faster.
Re:Show HN: Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors o...
on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:43AM (#49342657)
Wow, cool idea! Where did you get all the information from? Did you pick the color schemes by analyzing all the images you found on the web?
Re:Show HN: Wordle for Metro Stations
on Sunday August 16, 2026 @08:30AM (#49319443)
Nice UI and congratulations. Also, a nice feature would be multi-language support. Such a feature is a quick win in combination with AI tools and gives you a larger range of visitors.
Re:Vaultwarden Sequence Diagrams
on Sunday August 16, 2026 @08:16AM (#49319347)
Vaultwarden and the Bitwarden clients are a dream team. I run the backend on my Proxmox server at home.