# Mechanical Pencil website

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Mechanical Pencil website and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised as a beautifully made, unique site explaining hidden engineering in everyday objects. Critics report broken scrolling in Firefox, on desktop and Android.

## Why people recommend it

- Beautifully designed, well-crafted site (1 comments): "Such a beautifully done site. I might be in love already." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343129))
- Long-term labor of love (1 comments): "Bryan has been working on this forever! Truly a labor of love." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343376))
- Unique idea (1 comments): "Looks like a unique idea to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343178))
- Strong reaction on reading (1 comments): "that's what I feel the moment I read the post" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345331))

## What people warn about

- Scrolling breaks in Firefox (2 comments): "The website works like crap on Android Firefox. Scrolling is borked." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344725)) "Weird/forced scrolling on FF desktop as well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345804))

## 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, "Mechanical Pencil website", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mechanical-pencil-website/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).