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Adam Silver

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Adam Silver writes Adamsilver.io, a personal blog at adamsilver.io about design and web. Since 2015, 33 different Hacker News readers have linked it 41 times, most often “The problem with web components (2019)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-13, and you can follow it by feed.

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41mentions?
33HN people?
2015–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2019

Adam Silver – interaction designer – London, UK

Most-linked posts?

  1. The problem with web components (2019)
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-03-13
  2. The disadvantages of CSS preprocessors
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-13
  3. Form Design – From Zero to Hero
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-07-22
  4. /articles/the-disadvantages-of-single-page-applications/
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-09-11
  5. The Problem with Web Components
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-06-10
  6. "Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-30
  7. Form design: from zero to hero all in one blog post
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-05-31
  8. The problem with live validation and what to do instead
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. yakshaving_jgt · 2024-10-29
    > Using other input attributes that create constraints, such as "pattern" or "maxlength" No. Don't use the maxlength attribute. https://adamsilver.io/blog/dont-use-the-maxlength-attribute-...

    Comment linking /blog/dont-use-the-maxlength-attribute-to-stop-users-from-exceeding-the-limit/

    on “HTML Form Validation is underused”
  2. Twixes · 2025-09-16

    Submitted "Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces as a story · 529 points

    HN discussion
  3. yakshaving_jgt · 2024-10-29
    Because this often makes the input feel broken to the user. Instead of asserting that "users are too stupid" as you have done earlier, perhaps programmers should be less stupid and write more permissive parsers. Accessible design is actually pretty hard, and most designers and programmers get this wrong. If you want some good design advice, you can start here: https://adamsilver.io/blog/the-problem-with-live-validat…

    Comment linking /blog/the-problem-with-live-validation-and-what-to-do-instead/

    on “HTML Form Validation is underused”
  4. deegles · 2015-07-13

    Submitted The Disadvantages of Single Page Applications (2014) as a story · 209 points

    HN discussion
  5. evilduck · 2025-09-03
    There have been many that have hit the front page over the years. If you're not aware of a technology's shortcomings then you're a bad proponent of said technology. They're also almost the antithesis of what the HTMX crowd also preaches as "the one true way" and meanwhile, Wordpressers will continue developing the majority of the world's websites blissfully unaware that either technology even exists. https://dev.to/…

    Comment linking /blog/the-problem-with-web-components/

    on “Lit: a library for building fast, lightweight web components”
  6. rayraegah · 2019-05-13

    Submitted The boring front-end developer (2014) as a story · 93 points

    HN discussion
  7. ntaso · 2017-09-11
    I want PWAs to succeed, because I would love to publish close-to-native apps without an app store. I think PWAs are a great thing for the open web. However, hyping PWAs with unrealistic expectations doesn't do any good. The Ionic team talks in the same vein. I like Ionic, I don't like hype. Here are a few reasons why PWAs aren't there yet and probably won't replace most apps in the near future: - No native APIs. Yea…

    Comment linking /articles/the-disadvantages-of-single-page-applications/

    on “Betting on the Web – Why I Build PWAs”
  8. 8organicbits · 2025-08-30

    Submitted "Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  9. thebfed · 2015-07-13
    It's not the only downside to consider. http://adamsilver.io/articles/the-disadvantages-of-css-prepr... There are a lot of advantages to them that need consideration too granted.

    Comment linking /articles/the-disadvantages-of-css-preprocessors/

    on “The boring front-end developer”
  10. charlieirish · 2019-07-22

    Submitted Form Design – From Zero to Hero as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  11. mmorris · 2019-08-30
    Good article on "The problems with tooltips and what to do instead": https://adamsilver.io/articles/the-problem-with-tooltips-and...

    Comment linking /articles/the-problem-with-tooltips-and-what-to-do-instead/

    on “Tooltips: Secret weapon for improving feature discovery”
  12. nottrobin · 2020-01-16

    Submitted Form design: from zero to hero all in one blog post as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  13. WA · 2017-12-11
    Yes, you can. Maybe you even should, because then you at least understand all the moving parts. Because there are way too many shitty SPAs out there that break functionality (Twitter and Facebook when hitting the back button) or are annoyingly slow and unreliable (iTunes Connect, Play Developer Console). Read [1] to see all the disadvantages and understand them. Then maybe build an SPA. [1]: https://adamsilver.io/ar…

    Comment linking /articles/the-disadvantages-of-single-page-applications/

    on “Turbolinks: SPA-like Experience without the SPA-framework Hassle”
  14. speckx · 2024-07-08

    Submitted Why toggle switches suck (and what to do instead) as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. quirino · 2026-05-31
    I've had good fun reading about best practices for forms in Adam Silver's blog. https://adamsilver.io/blog/form-design-from-zero-to-hero-all... He has posted many new things since. Probably one of the best UX resources on the web.

    Comment linking /blog/form-design-from-zero-to-hero-all-in-one-blog-post/

    on “The Website Specification”
  16. markdepop · 2015-08-17

    Submitted How to avoid the fuck you experience with the Real Progressive Enhancement as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  17. 8organicbits · 2024-11-16

    Submitted Should destructive buttons be hard to find? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. aabbcc1241 · 2021-03-13

    Submitted The problem with web components (2019) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. kmod · 2019-11-10

    Submitted JavaScript isn’t always available and it’s not the user’s fault as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. rmason · 2019-10-18

    Submitted Form design: from zero to hero all in one blog post as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. robin_reala · 2017-01-09

    Submitted Placeholders are problematic as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. legrande · 2023-07-04

    Submitted The problem with sticky menus and what to do instead as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. spansoa · 2022-02-23

    Submitted The boring front-end developer (2014) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. ollieco · 2020-06-26

    Submitted A quick crit of HEY email as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. martpie · 2020-03-31

    Submitted Good Team Communication as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. sapeien · 2016-12-16

    Submitted Embracing Simplicity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. colinprince · 2015-07-13

    Submitted The disadvantages of CSS preprocessors as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. thunderbong · 2026-06-05

    Submitted Form design: from zero to hero all in one blog post as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. todsacerdoti · 2025-11-07

    Submitted I don't test different designs at the same time as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. tagawa · 2023-08-26

    Submitted Reasons to replace advanced search with filters as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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