I remade my blog into a Windows 3.1 environment
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HN · launched Apr 26, 2026 · 32 upvotes (top 20%) · 1 view
Niche: portfolio website builders · 69 launches, 7 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Content generation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 69 launches in portfolio website builders →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a retro-themed personal portfolio/blog styled as a Windows 3.1 desktop using HTML, CSS (like 98.css / win31 CSS kits), and minimal vanilla JavaScript windowing.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Norton Commander, Hugo-win31 theme
Concerns raised: Minimize button hard to find on mobile, Minimize icon not pixelated like rest of design, Social buttons incomplete/limited
Feature requests: Clicking minimize should collapse to file drawer icon, Detect Internet Explorer with ActiveX for drive detection, Make minimize button functional and discoverable on mobile
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 609 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #96 of 610 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 173 days after the earliest competitor.
- I added a print edition to my indie blog · hn · 2025-12-10 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- I turned GitHub contribution history into a driveable 3D city · hn · 2026-07-02 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- I was drowning in browser tabs, so I built this · hn · 2026-06-19 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- I built a hand-modeled 3D Windows 98 portfolio with Three.js · hn · 2026-09-11 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- I needed to animate my Excalidraw -ings for my tech blog · hn · 2026-05-05 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- BeVisible.app · hn · 2026-04-28 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Reader · hn · 2026-09-19 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- WinDiaTweaks · github · 2026-11-02 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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