# Laws of UX 6 Hacker News commenters recommended Laws of UX and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Attractive poster-style reference of UX principles, a good starting point for learning design. Critics say it lacks examples and practical explanation, and the site has usability problems. ## What people warn about - No examples or practical application (2 comments): "There are no examples, no actual explanation of how to apply the laws or what breaks the laws, its just a general description." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959905)) "not a great decision to exclude visual examples when talking about the UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961180)) - Poor website design and navigation (3 comments): "Site itself has bad back-forward UX. Why should I trust it?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304750)) "the design and UX of the website is terrible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965811)) "this one feels kind of half-assed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952848)) - Unreadable menu and cluttered images (2 comments): "The menu overlay of the shop page is transparent on iOS and thus not readable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959956)) "The site is also packed with unnecessary images" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47960211)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sheldon-brown-s-bicycle-technical-info.md): 49 recommend - [Animated Knots by Grog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/animated-knots.md): 14 recommend - [Ian's Shoelace Site](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ian-s-shoelace-site.md): 10 recommend - [OEIS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oeis.md): 9 recommend - [RF Cafe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rf-cafe.md): 9 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Laws of UX", https://hackerapproved.com/p/laws-of-ux/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).