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I hope hackaday manages to stay around. They're the only blog I know which has maintained a high quality though all of these years and through many different ow

I hope hackaday manages to stay around. They're the only blog I know which has maintained a high quality though all of these years and through many different owners.

WanderPanda 5y ago
Which can be claimed for their content but not for their UI
- capableweb 5y ago
  What's wrong with their UI? Using https://hackaday.com/2021/05/22/irc-will-never-die/ https://hackaday.com/2021/05/22/irc-will-never-die/ as an example Seems the contrast is excellent and no obvious disturbing layout choices. Fairly traditional layout although I'm not a fan of the white on black as I sit in the sun a lot, but generally it seems quite good if you compare it with most random blogs out there.
  - CamperBob2 5y ago
    There's a reason why nothing, but nothing, of any importance or popularity uses white text on a black background.
    - capableweb 5y ago
      Ok, I'll bite. What's that reason? Because as long as the contrast is there, there is no obvious reason why using that color scheme would lead to less importance or popularity.
      - CamperBob2 5y ago
        Because objective studies have repeatedly shown it's harder to read white text on a black screen, compared to the dark-on-light text that 99.9% of everything else on the planet uses. It's a way of sending the message, "It's my site, not yours. I don't care if you don't find it legible. Everybody else is wrong, and I'm right."
    - WanderPanda 5y ago
      On an iPhone 11 there is about 1cm of vertical space for the content a recurrent reader wants to see: The latest article. Used to be better a couple years ago. Also “From the blog” is not emphasizing that these are actually the most recent articles from the blog and not some random selection
- ddingus 5y ago
  What do you mean? The UI is fine. The better part of it happens to be the fact that they haven't messed with it.
  - gertlex 5y ago
    Maybe parent is still salty about the UI change... several years ago. I remember not being happy but that's no longer the case for me... but I also don't read it regularly. What I'd miss most is if the hackaday.io project site were to go away. Makes documenting my projects very easy.
- luke2m 5y ago
  I just use their RSS feed, but the UI looks fine to me.
- neolog 5y ago
  Don't mess with the UI please. It's simple like it should be.
BeefWellington 5y ago
Yeah, it's a truly useful resource. They showcase so many cool projects it inspired me to get into hardware hacking.
drewzero1 5y ago
I hope so too! I've been a (semi-) regular reader for just over a decade now, and they are a wealth of information and inspiration. The only thing I might change would be the lack of edit/delete in the comments section (every time I read comments on there somebody seems to be asking mods to delete a duplicate comment, etc). I can't really complain, at least they didn't use some heavy, potentially data-sucking third party comment platform like FB or Disqus. I assume it's some kind of WordPress plugin, but I haven't looked into it.
MegaDeKay 5y ago
Their podcast is quite good as well. Check it out if you haven't.
causality0 5y ago
Hackaday definitely earned its spot on my daily reader list. It's especially good lately since they seem to have stopped running clickbait and "trendy" articles. The word "technoshamanism" still makes me gag.

I hope hackaday manages to stay around. They're the only blog I know which has maintained a high quality though all of these years and through many different owners.

WanderPanda 5y ago

Which can be claimed for their content but not for their UI

capableweb 5y ago
What's wrong with their UI? Using https://hackaday.com/2021/05/22/irc-will-never-die/ https://hackaday.com/2021/05/22/irc-will-never-die/ as an example Seems the contrast is excellent and no obvious disturbing layout choices. Fairly traditional layout although I'm not a fan of the white on black as I sit in the sun a lot, but generally it seems quite good if you compare it with most random blogs out there.
- CamperBob2 5y ago
  There's a reason why nothing, but nothing, of any importance or popularity uses white text on a black background.
  - capableweb 5y ago
    Ok, I'll bite. What's that reason? Because as long as the contrast is there, there is no obvious reason why using that color scheme would lead to less importance or popularity.
    - CamperBob2 5y ago
      Because objective studies have repeatedly shown it's harder to read white text on a black screen, compared to the dark-on-light text that 99.9% of everything else on the planet uses. It's a way of sending the message, "It's my site, not yours. I don't care if you don't find it legible. Everybody else is wrong, and I'm right."
  - WanderPanda 5y ago
    On an iPhone 11 there is about 1cm of vertical space for the content a recurrent reader wants to see: The latest article. Used to be better a couple years ago. Also “From the blog” is not emphasizing that these are actually the most recent articles from the blog and not some random selection
ddingus 5y ago
What do you mean? The UI is fine. The better part of it happens to be the fact that they haven't messed with it.
- gertlex 5y ago
  Maybe parent is still salty about the UI change... several years ago. I remember not being happy but that's no longer the case for me... but I also don't read it regularly. What I'd miss most is if the hackaday.io project site were to go away. Makes documenting my projects very easy.
luke2m 5y ago
I just use their RSS feed, but the UI looks fine to me.
neolog 5y ago
Don't mess with the UI please. It's simple like it should be.

BeefWellington 5y ago

Yeah, it's a truly useful resource. They showcase so many cool projects it inspired me to get into hardware hacking.

drewzero1 5y ago

I hope so too! I've been a (semi-) regular reader for just over a decade now, and they are a wealth of information and inspiration. The only thing I might change would be the lack of edit/delete in the comments section (every time I read comments on there somebody seems to be asking mods to delete a duplicate comment, etc). I can't really complain, at least they didn't use some heavy, potentially data-sucking third party comment platform like FB or Disqus. I assume it's some kind of WordPress plugin, but I haven't looked into it.

MegaDeKay 5y ago

Their podcast is quite good as well. Check it out if you haven't.

causality0 5y ago

Hackaday definitely earned its spot on my daily reader list. It's especially good lately since they seem to have stopped running clickbait and "trendy" articles. The word "technoshamanism" still makes me gag.