Making Software
Ranked 4 of 5 online guides by recommenders
A free website of thorough, beautifully illustrated explanations of technical topics like color spaces, valued for its real educational depth.
A free website of thorough, beautifully illustrated explanations of technical topics like color spaces, valued for its real educational depth.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free educational resource
“This whole thing is exceptionally well done - and a free resource!”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “How Is Data Stored?” “Simple, aesthetic with real educational value.”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Who Runs Your Rust Future? Hands-On Intro to Async Rust” Polished, aesthetic design
“This whole thing is exceptionally well done - and a free resource!”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “How Is Data Stored?” “Simple, aesthetic with real educational value.”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Who Runs Your Rust Future? Hands-On Intro to Async Rust” Thorough, illustrated explanations
“This is a really, really thorough (and beautifully illustrated) article on what color spaces are”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Ember – Redshift safe color palettes” Rest of site worth exploring
“What a fantastic website, be sure to check out the rest of the content!”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Shaders: How to draw high fidelity graphics with just x and y coordinates”
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| Wikipedia: Signs of AI writing | 34 | 0 | 100% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Mahjong: A Visual Guide | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Unsloth guides | 8 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | — |
| Making SoftwareThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| The Agentic AI Handbook: Production-Ready Patterns | 4 | 8 | 33% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is a really, really thorough (and beautifully illustrated) article on what color spaces are”
“Simple, aesthetic with real educational value.”
“This whole thing is exceptionally well done - and a free resource!”
“What a fantastic website, be sure to check out the rest of the content!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.