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Ask HN: What websites simply make you happy to visit?
Simply put - what websites make you happy when you visit? Perhaps they inspire you, you learn something - whatever it is. Is there one you'd go to on a bad day that might cheer you up?
For me it's the SNES Manual Archive[1], which is a way to browse nearly every single SNES manual. It's the nostalgia angle for me, and I love showing my oldest boy how gaming used to be.
So I'm curious, what are your website "comfort foods", it could be anything inside tech or maybe something completely beyond it. I'd love to find some to add to my bookmarks.
[1]: https://sites.google.com/view/snesmanuals
- batisteo 4y agoFor me it's http://perdu.com http://perdu.com (lost dot com in French) witch a I use as connection checker. It has been online for years, decades actually.
- fuckcensorship 4y agoAs I mature as a web developer, I become increasingly fond of simple, functional, and minimal JavaScript sites like nearlyfreespeech.net[1]. It always loads quickly, it’s easy to find what you’re looking for, and I find the simplistic styling of the site visually appealing. [1]: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
- rolph 4y agoFlat Text its not a popular opinion, but java is not neccesary to handle a webpage. if i see an unfamiliar webpage i will cURL it instead of http GET-ing it. at this point in the game im familiar enough with code that it reads easy as, often easier than a blog. webpages are served out to be read by people, if a webpage demonstrate primary purpose beyond/other than this, it is webkrupht. [in adndm] before the question if it should come to mind; Yes i am about 2secs away from giving up on browser entirely and just going back to basic CLI surfing.
- smt88 4y ago> java is not neccesary to handle a webpage I assume you mean JavaScript, which has no relationship to Java. Unfortunately it is necessary depending on what you need the page to do. It's badly overused, it's abused by AdTech, and it's often unnecessary, but it is part of the web and some things just can't be done without it. Forms are a good example. They're one of the core features of websites, and they're much more useful with JavaScript (live validation, dynamic show/hide of certain fields, saving progress, etc.)
- rolph 4y agoyes i did mean javascript, and its not all gloom, after all linux can interpret ascii text as executable code if you let it, those were fun times when that was a prevalent issue. interactive/reactive pages are good things when you want them. one of the most useful things for me working on a plaintext basis is winlink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winlink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winlink its best to attach an flat ascii file due to the way it will probably be used, by analogue radio systems in the group. its a ham radio thing, and is as close to whats left of the original BBS scene. nowadays certain LoRa WAn antics will open a portal as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa
- jordanmorgan10 4y agoI think you'd love https://plaintextsports.com https://plaintextsports.com
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoIt's missing all of the sports, lol
- jordanmorgan10 4y agoShould be called someplaintextsports :D
- mdolah 4y agoAs silly as it sounds, I'll browse the wikipedia page for "list of decepticons" Often, I'll name various drives / devices on my home network after them, but it's just fun to see the names that the creators came up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Decepticons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Decepticons
- zamadatix 4y agoWas this previously a list? Right now it seems to redirect ot the main decepticon page.
- mdolah 4y agoHuh interesting Yeah this was a page that I bookmarked as it used to just be a list of named decepticons from the different transformers eras Here's a link from the wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20190731000059/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Decepticons https://web.archive.org/web/20190731000059/https://en.wikipe...
- superchroma 4y agoI'm consistently pleased that https://zombo.com https://zombo.com continues to exist.
- jordanmorgan10 4y agoHaha - first I've seen of that!
- MisterJoe 4y agoNot exactly anwering your question, but I think you will enjoy reading this: it's about a father who goes through video games history together with his son. I will do this in a few years :) https://medium.com/message/playing-with-my-son-e5226ff0a7c3 https://medium.com/message/playing-with-my-son-e5226ff0a7c3
- jordanmorgan10 4y agoAmazing! It's insane how much of that industry has changed. My son was amazed that to get a video game growing up, I had to go Wal Mart, hunt down an employee, have them get the keys to the glass and then pay for it. Then drive home, take it out of the box and play it. But there was nothing like that feeling. Ripping open the shrink wrap. That was simply the best.
- pleb_nz 4y agoHackernews for sure. Simple and to the point
- cplli 4y agohttps://theuselessweb.com/ https://theuselessweb.com/
- lastangryman 4y agoA bit odd, but I love the Redis docs. The list of commands, going through each of them and reading the implementation details and possible use cases. I am not as up to speed since the RedisLabs sponsorship, but Redis as a whole used to feel like a very pure expression of lost programming ethos. Small, complete, not a gazillion dependencies and frameworks needed. Just well written software, well documented with none of the marketing rubbish (why is everything "Blazingly Fast") and services upsell with other tools.
- Michelangelo11 4y agohttp://www.ddelk.com/ http://www.ddelk.com/
- beardyw 4y agoFutility Closet is always interesting and/or amusing. https://www.futilitycloset.com/ https://www.futilitycloset.com/
- I_complete_me 4y agoSometimes I need to look at the screen and see nothing so https://allblackscreen.com/ https://allblackscreen.com/ to clear my brain.
- chizhik-pyzhik 4y agohttps://brutalist.report/ https://brutalist.report/
- khaledh 4y agoFor me it's bitsavers.org. It's a treasure trove of old computer manuals and publications. I'm always fascinated by the original ideas and products that had a lasting impact on how things are done today.
- anthonyhn 4y agoNetscape's news portal page [0]. Loads fast, basic HTML, and uses official Netscape branding! [0] https://isp.netscape.com/news/ https://isp.netscape.com/news/
- muzani 4y agoTV Tropes. Design patterns for entertainment. It triggers the part of my brain that enjoys learning something new, as well as the part of my brain that loves junk.
- octokatt 4y agoSchlockmercenary.com — a very silly sci-if comic that for decades updated every day. The writer reached the end of his arc in 2020, and I lost my favorite morning start-up page. I still go there and hit the Random button, but it’s not quite the same. If you’ve never read it, I highly suggest it. He won a Hugo award.
- ampham 4y agoNeal.fun — just for fun at the end of the work day when I can no longer concentrate.