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Since no one is able to come close to HN UI/UX for many years, I wonder if HN used a UI/UX designer. If so then shout out to that designer

They nailed it out of the park with the 12px default font size still in 2025. Probably the only site I have to use my browser's zoom feature on.

To be fair i have my zoom set to 110% for all websites not just HN

How many unthinking users just stay away from the web because the text is too small across the board?

Most people browse the web on their phone or watch, I don't think it's a problem.

IIRC, HN is a fork of early reddit, correct?

I am curious how different the features and design were around the time of the fork.

I thought Reddit was python and HN is custom written in arc?

> Over at reddit.com, we rewrote the site from Lisp to Python in the past week.

That's a fun read. Hats off for Aaron.

Never met the guy but I miss him

Hey, the website in your bio is indeed cool.

Usually not a fan of abnormal scrolling, but that's a good time.