Comment by quickgist
2 years ago
This is one of the best thought out UX I've ever seen. It's extremely well laid out and simple to navigate through, all the design choices are very meaningful, UI elements (like the unit conversion) are available inline when you need them...
Not to mention the content itself is great.
I'm taking notes.
You probably want to check out the rest of his site, which is pretty much on par with this: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=ciechanow.ski
His mechanical watch piece is really something to behold.
I'd love to know how long it takes him to make each one of these "interactive essays"
I'd love to read about how he does it. How talented do you have to be to not only learn all this stuff but also model them in 3D and simulate them in real time and interactively?
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A long time would be my guess but writing interactive articles is much more engaging and addicting. We've started adding interactive stuff to our docs and it is really engaging so the spent hours just fly by!
Also check out https://pudding.cool if you’re unfamiliar and enjoy extremely high effort visualizations alongside editorial and educational text content.