The author has several other writeups: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=tonsky.me&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algoli

The author has several other writeups: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=tonsky.me&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... The cursors will only be a problem during front page HN traffic. And the opt-out for people who care is reader mode / disable js / static mirror. Not sure if there's any better way to appease the fun-havers and the plain content preferrers at the same time. Maybe a "hide cursors" button on screen? I, for one, had a delightful moment poking other cursors.