# Patterns.dev

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Patterns.dev and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free online guide to common frontend patterns, praised for clear, well-laid-out tutorials. Critics find the examples weak and the content shallow, with little high-level architecture.

## Why people recommend it

- Clear explanations of common frontend patterns (2 comments): "This is a nicely laid out collection of tutorials, but I'm sad that collections like this have drifted away" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46228566)) "Still one of the clearest ways to understand common frontend patterns." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46228550))
- Looks great and worth bookmarking (2 comments): "Looks great. Wish it had a table of contents." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46228686)) "Looks great, time to add it to my bookmarks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227189))

## What people warn about

- Examples weak, messy, or not TypeScript (4 comments): "Too bad the examples are not Typescript, because it's a totally different beast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46233068)) "scrolled down, saw the first example was singletons, and closed the tab" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46230972)) "I don't think this is a great example." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227113))
- Lacks depth and high-level architecture (2 comments): "I was hoping for more high-level architecture based on war stories and experience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234980)) "its low quality, breadth but no depth" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231327))
- Content misleading, ungrounded, or generic (2 comments): "Looks more or less like GoF? Maybe compressing files and optimizing 3rd party js files are not patterns." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46229475)) "a lot of these are misleading, or ungrounded" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231011))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Patterns.dev", https://hackerapproved.com/p/patterns-dev/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).