Submission timeline
2007–2026One 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.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderAnyone with any part in designing user interfaces seriously needs to commit their section on color to heart: https://designsystem.digital.gov/design-tokens/color/overvie... Especially the contrast/magic number discussion. It's crazy how many user interfaces these days blur design elements to where you can't tell were controls are. The recent trend to eliminate window title bars is particularly infuriating, but buttons that don't look like buttons because they blend into the background are another pet peeve - or…
In our foundational setup for the new https://beta.nasa.gov and https://beta.science.nasa.gov websites, we've adopted the US Web Design System (USWDS). While our other core products primarily rely on Tailwind, we are quite familiar with this toolkit. In my opinion, comparing the two is not entirely straightforward, but the USWDS toolkit has been implemented effectively, despite some of its "America First" usa-* class names. The decision to use the same toolkit across our projects is largely influenced by the 21st…
Title should be changed to that of the article, "USWDS: A design system for the federal government" Although I can see why putting "U.S." in there helps as a qualifier, touting it as The system of the government makes it sound like this is in widespread use. The truth is that this is hardly used. The USDS does great work but they are tiny minority in the U.S. government. It would be fantastic to see their ways adopted and become…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 676
- Total comments
- 235
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-10 | Uswds: The United States Web Design System | evo_9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021-03-26 | Uswds: A design system for the federal government | mgh2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-01-20 | U.S. Web Design System (Uswds) | merlinscholz | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-01-23 | USWDS: The design system of the U.S. federal government | omarfarooq | 4 | 1 |
| 2022-03-29 | USWDS: The United States Web Design SystemFirst breakout · Best thread | jakelazaroff | 482 | 145 |
| 2023-09-10 | A design system for the federal governmentLatest 20+ point return | galaxyLogic | 180 | 89 |
| 2026-02-17 | Uswds: The United States Web Design System – U.S. Web Design System (Uswds) | todd8 | 1 | 0 |