Explaining, at some length, Techmeme's 20 years of consistency (opens in new tab)

I run a similar business to Techmeme, just in a different medium, and Gabe's consistency and calm approach has been an influence in showing not everything has to grow huge or turn into 100+ employees. Being consistent and providing value over decades pays dividends of its own and can give you a good income.

The only thing that irritates me about the site is the wall of citations under every item on the desktop version, but I suspect that is key to its ongoing success since quite often I see people boasting about their appearance there and it's a form of social proof. However, if you want to skip that, the "river" view is perfect: https://www.techmeme.com/river

I love how techmeme rewrites headlines. It removes the clickbait, gives you a clear idea, attaches tweets, reddit and hn links and saves so much time. It's the first thing I see in the morning, every morning.

I can’t stand the way he rewrites headlines, mostly because he’s bad at it. They are so painfully long and complicated.

I don’t philosophically oppose rewriting headlines, god knows there are manipulative or just plain bad ones out there. But keep it simple and short!

Otherwise it’s a nice free resource that doesn’t spy on you or shake you down for money, and that’s nice. Yay open web.

Though I stopped reading Techmeme many years ago, Techmeme is how I found HN (and HN is why I stopped reading Techmeme).

> Techmeme has remained absurdly consistent

Everyone who talks to Gabe says bad things about Gabe, like he is stubborn, or rude, or something of that nature. I think he is cool and collected and totally not passionate about any changes. And only makes a change when there is significant pressure and a layer of obviousness.

Having said that, F** you Gabe for putting the Back button on the top left on mobile view, and breaking (not reflecting) the browser back history after clicking an article's right arrow. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED A LONG TIME AGO.