ciechanow.ski

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1. make a site as wonderful both in visual presentation and in code, while being as factually accurate as ciechanow.ski

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Moon (2024)”

2. Sites that are true works of art and craft, like https://ciechanow.ski/ , will get remembered more widely

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “A website to destroy all websites”

3. S-TIER blogs are those that are animated, visual, interactive and absolutely blow your mind off

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?”

4. I love this blog so much that I used it as a guide for building my own series of explainers

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Sound (2022)”

5. quite a few of the diagrams were so alien to me that they became undecipherable

   Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactive webpages”

6. very complex visualization perfectly accessible from the mobile phone

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Transformers Explained Visually”

7. exceptionally well written and designed articles inspired this one

   Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “The Beam Engine”

8. it's both really educational and beautiful at the same time

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Reverse Engineering an ASIC”

9. Bartosz Ciechanowski's work was my inspiration!

   Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Drone Physics”

10. can only really be appreciated from the browser

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “RSS Feeds Send Me More Traffic Than Google”

11. The coolest blog on how things work

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Ask HN: What are your favorite blogs not about AI?”

12. 100% inspired by Bartosz's articles

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “The Beam Engine”

13. They should receive an unlimited grant to produce educational content for the digital generation’s benefit.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Airfoil”

14. His javascript is also unminified and perfectly readable, making it a great reference for study

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Internal Combustion Engine”

15. The author of the Airfoil article has made several similar tutorials on various topics

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Airfoil”

16. possibly the only author able to raise 1000+ upvotes on each and every of his posts

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025”

17. brings back the joy of surfing the web during the heyday of Adobe Flash

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Cameras and Lenses”

18. a really cool site that showcases how these crap Tissot movements work

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Mechanical Watch”

19. It's amazing how much web technology progressed in those two decades.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Animated Engines”

20. Now imagine if each of them got the ciechanow.ski treatment

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “507 Mechanical Movements”

21. Not just in terms of presentation, but also quality.

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “The Beam Engine”

22. You can start by looking at all his other entries

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Lights and Shadows”

23. is one of my favorite pages on the internet

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Lights and Shadows”

24. All the work on that site is wonderful.

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Mechanical Watch”

25. Much like https://ciechanow.ski/

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “How does a pull-back car work? Illustrated teardown”

26. This is a really nifty website.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “A website to destroy all websites”

27. Which I think is a good thing

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Drone Physics”

28. his is certainly top class!

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactive webpages”

29. Was disappointed to see ciechanow.ski hasn't been updated since 2024.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?”