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An online exhibition of pretty software bugs

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
6
submitters
6
observed span
2020–2025
peak thread · 11 comments
124 pts
latest 20+ return · 2025-05-11
124 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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i used to do lots of graphics, and love these bugs. They give an enjoyable insight to the development process and algorithms as the progress through a project! i have my own archive of my own bugs/"artworks" - https://twak.org/glitches-in-the-worlds-geometry-engine/

twak·124-point thread·

This is pretty good. I've got a 40-year-old graphics book by melvin prueitt which has a beautiful chapter with a gallery dedicated to rendering errors https://archive.org/details/artcomputer00prue/page/185/mode/... I guess you can't deep link to a non checked out book any more. Well, look and then return it I guess

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
243

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
18

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2020-02-18The Glitch Galleryr4um20
2020-02-19The Glitch Gallery, an online exhibition of pretty software bugssohkamyung20
2021-10-12Glitch Galleryhanemile10
2023-09-01The Glitch GalleryFirst breakoutwebmaven11111
2025-01-06The Glitch Gallerymarvinborner30
2025-05-11An online exhibition of pretty software bugsBest thread · Latest 20+ point returntobr1247