# RF Cafe

9 Hacker News commenters recommended RF Cafe and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend RF Cafe for its dense, old-internet reference content and design. One commenter says it is hard to use on mobile.

## Why people recommend it

- Old-internet design, better than modern sites (2 comments): "it seems to like a vastly superior design compared to modern websites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402364)) "the design itself is heartwarming because it's old internet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49403065))
- Dense, quality content (2 comments): "I love the information density on that page." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402700)) "Quality content still matters." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402441))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RF Cafe", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rf-cafe/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).