--- title: Best Hacker News posts — November 2020 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Hacker News posts from November 2020, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/hn/best-of/2020/11 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/hn/best-of/2020/11 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Hacker News posts — November 2020 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Hacker News posts from November 2020, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Hacker News — November 2020 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/a-fun-website-that-simulates-fluid-6ykecqqj "A fun website that simulates fluid") Article Hacker News · 6y A fun website that simulates fluid 108 9 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/no-more-google-dsrnuz3pu "No More Google") Article Hacker News · 6y No More Google No More Google. Privacy-friendly alternatives to Google that don't track you. Like this? Tweet me a thank you at 👉 @levelsio or vote for this on Product Hunt. Google Chrome ⟶ 22,909 pts. No More Google Privacy-friendlyalternatives to Google. 96 4 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/reveal-js-html-presentation-framework-qaxv9x9w5 "Reveal.js: HTML presentation framework") Article Hacker News · 6y Reveal.js: HTML presentation framework Reveal.js enables you to create beautiful interactive slide decks using HTML. There's a fully-featured visual editor for authoring these, try it out at https://slides.com. Nested slides are useful for adding additional detail underneath a high level horizontal slide. 25 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-has-taken-the-name-of-my-open-source-project--yyxbtgv2r "“Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”") Article Hacker News · 6y “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ” Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. Pick a username Email Address Password Sign up for GitHub by clicking “Signup for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails. 25 3 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-japanese-web-design-is-so-different-2013--tf3l04jen "Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)") Article Hacker News · 6y Why Japanese web design is so different (2013) Most Japanese websites look like they hail from around 1998\. Theories for why this is are numerous and I’ve tried to expand on some of the most prevalent below. Japanese doesn’t have italics or capital letters which limits the opportunities for adding visual punch that you get with latin alphabets. 12 1 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-true-size-of-countries-mercator-projection--ducmw6oqa "The True Size Of Countries (Mercator projection)") Article Hacker News · 6y The True Size Of Countries (Mercator projection) 12 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-not-use-graphql--nss5tjev4 "Why not use GraphQL?") Article Hacker News · 6y Why not use GraphQL? This post is a response to "Why use GraphQL" by Kyle Schrade. The author states that REST APIs come with a set of downsides and how GraphQL solves all of them. 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