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Books & learning about Web & internet

Every link here is both Books & learning and about web & internet.

Hall of Fame: 10
Candidates: 16
Median span: 6.0 yrs
First seen: 2008

Strongest Hall records

10 items

Cool URIs Don't Change (1998)

www.w3.org 24 submissions · 21 people · 16.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2016-05 Resurfaced 2023-03-03

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Beej's Guide to Network Programming

beej.us 11 submissions · 11 people · 17.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-02 Resurfaced 2023-10-11

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The Website Obesity Crisis

idlewords.com 11 submissions · 11 people · 9.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-06 Resurfaced 2023-01-21

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The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection (2009)

www.moserware.com 11 submissions · 11 people · 11.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2015-07 Resurfaced 2020-10-20

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Use plaintext email

useplaintext.email 5 submissions · 5 people · 5.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-06 Resurfaced 2025-06-28

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Network protocols for anyone who knows a programming language

www.destroyallsoftware.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-08 Resurfaced 2024-12-16

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How to run a small social network site for your friends

runyourown.social 8 submissions · 8 people · 6.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-12 Resurfaced 2023-12-31

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Show HN: Learn how WebRTC actually works. A book on the protocols, not just APIs

webrtcforthecurious.com 8 submissions · 7 people · 4.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-01 Resurfaced 2025-04-11

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How NAT traversal works (2020)

tailscale.com 7 submissions · 7 people · 2.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-08 Resurfaced 2023-08-02

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A friendly web development tutorial for complete beginners

internetingishard.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 5.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-11 Resurfaced 2019-07-26

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Use plaintext email

useplaintext.email 5 submissions · 5 people · 5.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-06 Resurfaced 2025-06-28

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Show HN: Learn how WebRTC actually works. A book on the protocols, not just APIs

webrtcforthecurious.com 8 submissions · 7 people · 4.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-01 Resurfaced 2025-04-11

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Network protocols for anyone who knows a programming language

www.destroyallsoftware.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-08 Resurfaced 2024-12-16

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How to run a small social network site for your friends

runyourown.social 8 submissions · 8 people · 6.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-12 Resurfaced 2023-12-31

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Beej's Guide to Network Programming

beej.us 11 submissions · 11 people · 17.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-02 Resurfaced 2023-10-11

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Candidates

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A Modern JavaScript Tutorial

javascript.info 14 submissions · 13 people · 14.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-05-15

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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The Flask Mega-Tutorial

blog.miguelgrinberg.com 21 submissions · 9 people · 12.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-05-30

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Don't ask to ask, just ask (2019)

dontasktoask.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 6.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-08-21

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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High Performance Browser Networking

hpbn.co 11 submissions · 11 people · 9.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-05-14

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Start Your Own ISP

startyourownisp.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-04-25

Needs:5 submissions

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Email: Explained from First Principles

explained-from-first-principles.com 7 submissions · 7 people · 3.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-02-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Explaining the browser's event loop, tasks, and microtasks

jakearchibald.com 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-06-28

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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You might not need JavaScript

youmightnotneedjs.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-10-27

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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How to kill an unresponsive SSH session

www.laszlo.nu 4 submissions · 3 people · 5.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2013-07-26

Needs:5 submissions

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Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)

www.wiisfi.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 2.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-05-06

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart3 active years

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I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition mechanisms

www.apalrd.net 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-12-20

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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Computer Networks: A Systems Approach

book.systemsapproach.org 5 submissions · 5 people · 5.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-06-05

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords

landchad.net 5 submissions · 5 people · 4.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-08-30

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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In search of the perfect URL validation regex (2010)

mathiasbynens.be 4 submissions · 3 people · 6.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-09-25

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions3 active years

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Guide to Node.js

www.nodebeginner.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 2.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2012-12-07

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Container networking is simple (2020)

iximiuz.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-09-20

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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