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Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by tracyhenry »

chrisweekly wrote: post #117
tracyhenry wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like something achievable with SPA frameworks such as next.js

In the spirit of clarification / correction (vs pedantry), SPA is a client-side web architecture pattern, whereas Next.js is a web framework best known for its support for rendering outside the browser (SSR and SSG).

Thanks. Terminology aside, what I referred to was exactly Next.js's pre-rendering (SSR & SSG) and prefetching. I feel like without them it'll be harder to achieve OP's interactivity with just React/Vue.

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by tempestn »

frellus wrote: post #126

https://www.thiswebsitewillselfdestruct.com Wholesome, fascinating insight into the inner thoughts of some people, and shows us how tenuous the human connections we make on the internet can feel sometimes.. how lonely some of us can be.

This was a great idea. I expect it'll be alive for a long time yet. Some messages on there I really wish I could respond to, but I do realize that would ruin it.

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Post by m10k »

A long time ago, I attempted to reverse-engineer the protocol of a game because I wanted to host a dedicated server on a Linux box, but the developers only provided a (bug-infested) Windows version. That's how I found this treasure trove of game-related PoCs and reverse-engineering knowledge.

https://aluigi.org

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Post by krmboya »

don-code wrote: post #22

One of my engineering professors still has a Web 1.0 site, "best viewed in Netscape Communicator 4.0 or higher at 16 or 24-bit color". It's actively updated, but hasn't fundamentally changed since the late 90s - some pages still have the Netscape Composer generator tags in them. (For further frame of reference: I last had a reason to go to it over ten years ago now, but still bring it up as a talking piece. https://p…

It's like how the web was originally meant to be used. Your own little corner of self expression and memories

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by noduerme »

eastdakota wrote: post #153

I love this: https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/ Click on any spot on Earth and see where a raindrop there will flow until it reaches an ocean.

This is frankly amazing. Something I've thought about a lot as I've traveled and crossed various continental divides, but never even considered actually trying to map.

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by ipaddr »

dzek69 wrote: post #84
yeputons wrote: post #72

https://www.mcmaster.com/ is fast . I've never been to Georgia, I don't live in the US, I don't even need hardware. But I still enjoy just clicking on random links and seeing a swift response.

Funny, for me it is much slower than average website. I'm on a phone right now. Will try from a desktop tomorrow

Unusable on a phone too bad.

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Post by winternett »

frellus wrote: post #126

https://www.thiswebsitewillselfdestruct.com Wholesome, fascinating insight into the inner thoughts of some people, and shows us how tenuous the human connections we make on the internet can feel sometimes.. how lonely some of us can be.

Forgot all about this site until now... Much better than Twitter! I wish it was searchable, that would be crazy to play around with.
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