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Benjamin Edelstein
Personal blog · bedelstein.com/postdesignculture
Benjamin Edelstein writes Ben Edelstein, a personal blog at bedelstein.com about design and culture. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts on ecommerce usability and interface design, including a post on why McMaster.com is a strong ecommerce site. The comments are mostly by the author, so they offer no outside judgment.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Benjamin Edelstein's personal website
Most-linked posts?
- Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-03-16
- The Curious Design of Skateboard Trucks2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-09-25
What Hacker News says?
There is (was?) an absolutely fabulous answer on quora.com which detailed how this site came to be --- from memory: - initial ecommerce site was a mess (basically a page-by-page recreation of the catalog?) which saw minimal usage - the redesign, which focused on usability --- notably reduced cognitive load --- resulted in an immediate uptick in orders which grew markedly for a long while until it represented the vas…
Comment linking /post/mcmaster-carr
on “Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?”Submitted Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used as a story · 1402 points
HN discussionThis. I recently wrote something about why I love McMaster.com so much https://www.bedelstein.com/post/mcmaster-carr
Comment linking /post/mcmaster-carr
on “Home Depot Finds DIY Success with Vector Search”Submitted The Curious Design of Skateboard Trucks as a story · 140 points
HN discussionI wrote the original article they're basing this on. I kinda wish they would've linked my article directly in their post (although they linked the original HN thread). Especially since this post basically just reskinned mine for SEO and missed some important substance IMO. https://www.bedelstein.com/post/mcmaster-carr
Comment linking /post/mcmaster-carr
on “Why McMaster.com is the best ecommerce site, you’ll ever use”Submitted McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of (2022) as a story · 94 points
HN discussionSubmitted Da Vinci – Overrated? as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted The curious design of skateboard trucks (2022) as a story · 3 points
HN discussion