Bruno Simon 3D Portfolio
Portfolio site
Recommended for its playable 3D browser world and as a showcase of Three.js skills. Caveat: heavy on resources, with lag and load problems on some devices and browsers.
26 people recommended Bruno Simon 3D Portfolio in Hacker News comments, 12 had mixed feelings and 15 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
26 of the 26 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”.
Summary written by Claude from 46 comments.
53 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 26
- mixed feelings
- 12
- warn against or regret it
- 15
The record
Recommended in 1 of 12 months
In 1 different thread.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 26 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 1 threadNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- 26 of its 26 recommenders came from one threadNeeds half or less, not met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 40 of the 58 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Smooth on many devices
“8GB M3 MacBookAir runs it smoothly, with only a few seconds of loading.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “It worked surprisingly well on ddg browser, iOS, iPhone mini 12”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “Works fine in Chrome on both my W11 and MacOS 15.7.2 machines.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” - Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
- Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
- Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
- Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
- Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
- Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
- Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
- Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
Strong design and engineering
“There's a strongly consistent art style, and just generally… seems pretty polished.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “I really appreciated the attention to detail and joy that clearly went into it.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “His design and engineering skills are next level.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” - Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
Impressive 3D browser showcase
“an exceptionally good example of what you can do with 3D in a browser”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “Bruno's site is a ridiculously neat thing to see in a web browser.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “How many cooler 3D websites do you know?”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” Fun, intuitive 3D driving experience
“The unique UX of the site, driving around in a 3D car, is what makes this site go viral on occasion.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “It's fun, intuitive, and technically impressive.”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Fails or freezes in some browsers
“It was very laggy for me in Firefox on Windows, but played smoothly in Chrome.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “I couldn't get it to load (beyond the grid/circle background) on Safari/Mac”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “on desktop it does not work in Firefox, but only in Chrome”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” - Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
Hard to navigate, clumsy UX
“I actually find it pretty bad as a website. The UX for navigating and all that, it's bad.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “it's actually quite cumbersome with high effort for low signal”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “It’s slow as molasses and difficult to navigate.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” Lags and stutters on phones
“it lags a bit on my phone with a Snapdragon 855 and 12 GB of RAM”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “loading took 30 seconds and too many studders/lag on my phone”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “There’s a surprising amount of stutter and lag on iOS”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” Slow to load
“Today, I loaded the site up and spend about 30 seconds on it before deciding "this is cool!”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio” “it takes so long to load that I've closed the tab before seeing anything”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio”
What people said
40 of the 58 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“my macbook hung big time opening this”
“It's fun, intuitive, and technically impressive.”
“it takes so long to load that I've closed the tab before seeing anything”
“Bruno's site is a ridiculously neat thing to see in a web browser.”
“it consumes as many or more resources than games like cyberpunk or baldur's gate 3 on my macbook”
“whenever the gamepad is plugged in, Bruno's gamesite stops responding”
“on desktop it does not work in Firefox, but only in Chrome”
“it lags a bit on my phone with a Snapdragon 855 and 12 GB of RAM”
“Very cool that it works on mobile too”
“There’s a surprising amount of stutter and lag on iOS”
“How many cooler 3D websites do you know?”
“It doesn't show anything for way too long”
“It was very laggy for me in Firefox on Windows, but played smoothly in Chrome.”
“His design and engineering skills are next level.”
“Impressively playable on iPhone safari”
“crashed Firefox on MacOS straight to desktop”
“The unique UX of the site, driving around in a 3D car, is what makes this site go viral on occasion.”
“No inexplicable lags at all -- it was all very smooth.”
“I actually find it pretty bad as a website. The UX for navigating and all that, it's bad.”
“it's actually quite cumbersome with high effort for low signal”
“Cruising around when suddenly I see a tooltip with the N word pop up”
“I really appreciated the attention to detail and joy that clearly went into it.”
“an exceptionally good example of what you can do with 3D in a browser”
“8GB M3 MacBookAir runs it smoothly, with only a few seconds of loading.”
“Works fine on Chrome using Fedora 43.”
“loading took 30 seconds and too many studders/lag on my phone”
“Works fine in Chrome on both my W11 and MacOS 15.7.2 machines.”
“It’s slow as molasses and difficult to navigate.”
“Worked very well for me on iPad Pro and Safari.”
“Worked fine on Chrome on Linux (Fedora”
“Fast loaded and very smooth”
“Love the design and programming”
“Today, I loaded the site up and spend about 30 seconds on it before deciding "this is cool!”
“driving with your finger frequently activates the long press menu in iOS and spoils things”
“It worked surprisingly well on ddg browser, iOS, iPhone mini 12”
“There's a strongly consistent art style, and just generally… seems pretty polished.”
“does not work on internet explorer”
“Works fine on my android phone. Impressive.”
“I couldn't get it to load (beyond the grid/circle background) on Safari/Mac”
“Does not work on Chrome, and actually freezes the tab”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.