Maybe you should learn something(marginalia.nu)
399 points by tylerdane | 185 comments
A Marginalia weblog post encouraging readers to spend time learning new skills like pixel art, music, or languages instead of passive scrolling.
#marginalia on Hacker News
9 stories tagged marginalia, newest first.
New accounts on HN more likely to use em-dashes(marginalia.nu)
614 points by todsacerdoti | 511 comments
A Marginalia blog post analyzing Hacker News comments, finding that new accounts are about 10x more likely to use em-dashes, suggesting LLM bot activity.
AI makes you boring(marginalia.nu)
548 points by speckx | 306 comments
A Marginalia weblog post arguing that vibe-coded, AI-aided Show HN projects tend to be boring because their authors have spent little time thinking about the problem.
Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content(marginalia-search.com)
490 points by herbertl | 61 comments
Homepage of Marginalia Search, an open-source, privacy-focused independent search engine that prioritizes non-commercial websites.
Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT(danluu.com)
856 points by 882542F3884314B | 433 comments
Dan Luu blog post comparing search result quality across Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT using sample queries.
The Small Website Discoverability Crisis (2021)(marginalia.nu)
512 points by ggpsv | 224 comments
A 2021 Marginalia blog post arguing that small independent websites are hard to find via Google or Reddit, leaving them with little traffic.
Absurd Success(marginalia.nu)
557 points by asicsp | 153 comments
A Marginalia blog post describing a week of coding that halved the search engine's RAM use, enabled online upgrades, and lifted index size limits.
Killing Community(marginalia.nu)
495 points by dasil003 | 350 comments
A Marginalia weblog post arguing that venture-capital-funded social media inevitably degrades online communities, citing the 2023 Reddit controversy.
Marginalia: DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content(search.marginalia.nu)
513 points by thunderbong | 179 comments
Homepage of Marginalia, an independent open-source DIY search engine favoring non-commercial and lesser-known websites, hosted on a single PC in Sweden.