What if every city had a London Overground?(dwell.com)

65 points by edward 1 year ago | 82 comments

IKEA Catalogs 1951-2021(ikeamuseum.com)

477 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 128 comments

IKEA Museum page offering an archive of IKEA catalogues from 1951 to 2021, browsable by decade.

Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?(nytimes.com)

899 points by deeg 3 years ago | 954 comments

A Wirecutter advice column answering a reader's request for a TV recommendation without smart features, discussing options for non-smart or 'dumb' TVs.

Arcol simplifies building design with browser-based modeling(arcol.io)

51 points by joeld42 1 year ago | 27 comments

Finish Your Projects(github.com)

48 points by xlinux 2 years ago | 21 comments

Show HN: Patio – Rent tools, learn DIY, reduce waste(patio.so)

218 points by GouacheApp 1 year ago | 143 comments

Why don't more developers “use the platform”?(nolanlawson.com)

304 points by vinhnx 22 days ago | 318 comments

Nolan Lawson blog post examining why web developers often don't "use the platform" and rely on JavaScript instead of built-in browser features.

Why do we have so many meetings?(nber.org)

68 points by ilamont 6 days ago | 172 comments

NBER working paper by David Deming and coauthors presenting large-scale economic evidence on workplace meetings from a survey of over 9,000 workers.

Why do bees die when they sting you? (2021)(subanima.org)

320 points by ohjeez 1 year ago | 225 comments

A SubAnima article explaining at several levels of explanation why honeybees die after stinging, framed around Feynman's point about 'why' questions.

Most people prefer traditional architecture(worksinprogress.news)

332 points by alihm 1 month ago | 285 comments

A Works in Progress newsletter essay by Samuel Hughes arguing that people broadly agree in preferring traditional architecture over modern styles.

AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less(charitydotwtf.substack.com)

321 points by BerislavLopac 4 months ago | 157 comments

Charity Majors' Substack essay arguing that AI-assisted development requires more engineering discipline, comparing it to the shift from pet servers to immutable infrastructure.

Why We Still Cannot Read Etruscan(veiledantiquity.com)

4 points by darkwater 16 days ago | 0 comments

Blog post explaining why Etruscan remains poorly understood despite being pronounceable, since most of the ~13,000 surviving inscriptions are funerary.