Alloy Artifacts never fails to inspire, impress, and bring joy I'm not affiliated with this website at all; wanted to share because it feels like something HN can appreciate: http://alloy-artifacts.org/ It's a website dedicated to hand tools, their history, and information about early manufacturers. And just look at the scale of it as a resource. A couple of notes: - simple but incredibly effective design that transcends devices and gives you control (want bigger text? go nuts. dark mode? how about any color you want just change two css values-mode. going offline? print to pdf, no space wasted, fit/scale however you want. etc etc. - there is no cookie consent banner because it doesn't store any fucking cookies - the site index is what every index should aspire to be - there is zero advertising, not a hint of anything related to making money; the website asks nothing of you, wants nothing from you - the consistency: look at recent additions (or home page changes) and the frequency of updates, like a freight train, no gaps in posts, steady flow of new content - the language is beautiful, start with basically any manufacturer article to see -- every sentence was written by someone who not only has an immense passion for tools and the subsequent breadth of knowledge in the field, but also a firm grasp of language and how it should be used; another thing that will stand out is the faceless-ness of it, the website always uses "we", never "I", there aren't authors or comments or anything to distract from the content. It's always "we"... yet on the Contact page you'll read that the site has never had any employees or personnel. So it's the work of one person. - all of the tools featured with images belong to the site owner, so there is absolute credibility there, and it's nice to get some fresh authentic information... - references to primary documents and logical connections to other site content are plentiful, most things are linked internally; I don't think I've ever clicked on a broken link - insane depth and detail everywhere, example: http://alloy-artifacts.org/trademarks-and-logos.html |