This article is a load of bullshit, or satire. The referenced Bloomberg article is inexcusably ugly and hard to read. &quot;Eschewing so-called best practices&quot;? Hacker News was virtually unusable on mobile until YC decided it was worth paying any attention at all. It was&#x2F;is successful despite the design. PG is either an artist ahead of his time or someone who built the simplest thing he was able to cobble together.