# Berkshire Hathaway website

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/berkshire-hathaway-website/

11 people recommended Berkshire Hathaway website in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its clean, fast, text-focused design and its archive of Warren Buffett's shareholder letters. Critics note it runs outdated Google Analytics with no privacy policy.

Summary written by Claude from 14 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean, minimal, clear design (5 comments in the sample): "Berkshire Hathaway has my favorite website (or, WEB page, as they style it) of any big company" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064337)) "Also beautiful in the most recent version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072097)) "Berkshire got it right a long time ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752865))
- Pure content, no fluff (2 comments in the sample): "Pure content, not fluff, and even has a small but unobtrusive ad." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47394756)) "containing troves of buffett's letters with much wisdom" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46465423))
- Admired and used as an example (2 comments in the sample): "this is a great example for me to use in meetings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754657)) "people ooh and aah over it in the comments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47048469))

## What people warn about

- Praise seen as fawning (1 comment in the sample): "You’re just glazing the company in this case." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49753405))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Berkshire Hathaway website", https://hackerapproved.com/p/berkshire-hathaway-website/ (11 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.