📊 Source Intelligence
Useful for: Standards, history, and the craft of building for the open web.
What we learn from them: The standards bodies are authoritative but dry; the winners pair reference depth with opinionated, readable essays.
How we compete: We compete on lived history — we were on the web in 1996 and our sites are built Agents First for the web that's coming.
| # | Rank | Source | Group | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94 | Hacker News news.ycombinator.com | Discovery | Smart tech links and debate. |
What it is: Smart tech links and debate. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Discovery. Visit news.ycombinator.com → | ||||
| 2 | 90 | MetaFilter metafilter.com | Discovery | Curated community weblog. |
What it is: Curated community weblog. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Discovery. Visit metafilter.com → | ||||
| 3 | 86 | kottke.org kottke.org | Discovery | Long-running web curiosities. |
What it is: Long-running web curiosities. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Discovery. Visit kottke.org → | ||||
| 4 | 82 | Atlas Obscura atlasobscura.com | Discovery | The world's hidden wonders. |
What it is: The world's hidden wonders. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Discovery. Visit atlasobscura.com → | ||||
| 5 | 78 | Internet Archive archive.org | Archives | Wayback Machine and media. |
What it is: Wayback Machine and media. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Archives. Visit archive.org → | ||||
| 6 | 74 | Boing Boing boingboing.net | Ten more worth your time | Wonderful things. |
What it is: Wonderful things. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit boingboing.net → | ||||
| 7 | 70 | Waxy.org waxy.org | Ten more worth your time | Andy Baio's links. |
What it is: Andy Baio's links. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit waxy.org → | ||||
| 8 | 66 | The Verge theverge.com | Ten more worth your time | Tech & culture. |
What it is: Tech & culture. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit theverge.com → | ||||
| 9 | 62 | Reddit reddit.com | Ten more worth your time | Communities for everything. |
What it is: Communities for everything. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit reddit.com → | ||||
| 10 | 58 | Longreads longreads.com | Ten more worth your time | Best long-form. |
What it is: Best long-form. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit longreads.com → | ||||
| 11 | 54 | Aeon aeon.co | Ten more worth your time | Ideas & essays. |
What it is: Ideas & essays. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit aeon.co → | ||||
| 12 | 50 | 99% Invisible 99percentinvisible.org | Ten more worth your time | Design all around us. |
What it is: Design all around us. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit 99percentinvisible.org → | ||||
| 13 | 46 | Nautilus nautil.us | Ten more worth your time | Science storytelling. |
What it is: Science storytelling. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit nautil.us → | ||||
| 14 | 42 | Public Domain Review publicdomainreview.org | Ten more worth your time | Curated curiosities. |
What it is: Curated curiosities. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit publicdomainreview.org → | ||||
| 15 | 38 | Hacker Newsletter hackernewsletter.com | Ten more worth your time | Weekly best of HN. |
What it is: Weekly best of HN. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Web Culture source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit hackernewsletter.com → | ||||