westoncb

6 Show HNs that got attention, 2013 to 2025. 774 points in all, 3 with 50 or more.

First
Tiled Text (2013)
Best
Tiled Text (332 points)
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Dev tools

2013

Tiled Text

a Different Approach to Editing Text

Mixed332 points91 comments

Dev tools

2020

Lucidity

an interactive program-state visualizer

Loved184 points35 comments

Consumer and social

2017

HNDesktop

Hacker News desktop application in Kotlin/Swing

Mixed141 points90 comments

Creative

2025

nonlinear-optics-sandbox

Real-time nonlinear optics simulation (JS/GLSL)

Curious46 points12 comments

Dev tools

2015

Abstract Visual Debugger

Abstract Visual Debugger [video]

Quiet37 points13 comments

Games

2018

under-game

Minimal game with procedural graphics in JavaScript/GLSL

Mixed34 points11 comments

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