# Gradient.horse

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gradient-horse/

11 people recommended Gradient.horse in Hacker News comments and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

7 of the 11 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Gradient.horse”.

**Verdict:** People enjoy it as a small, whimsical site where drawings turn into horses and other playful surprises. Critics say the results can be odd and the site sometimes glitches.

Summary written by Claude from 13 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Whimsical, joyful and fun to use (2 comments in the sample): "Very happy to see a Trogdor the BURNiNATOR strutting across my screen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011156)) "something small, optimistic and whimsical" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661265))
- Praised as a top horse drawing site (2 comments in the sample): "Easily one of the top 25 horse drawing sites of 2026" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47010314)) "One of the top 25 horse drawing sites of 2026 so far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011489))

## What people warn about

- Extra animals and odd creatures appear (3 comments in the sample): "If you tab out and then back again it draws about 20 horses all on top of each other making some kind of eldritch horror." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009992)) "I sure saw a lot of dragons and snakes and cows and I don't know what." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47010183)) "Zooming in and out on iphone introduces flying horses" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011943))

## 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, "Gradient.horse", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gradient-horse/ (11 recommend, 0 mixed, 6 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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