First Principles
An ebook by Ethan Newell
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A beautifully interactive explainer book on how complex things work, with figures that move. Currently in Early Access.
PH · launched Nov 2, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: technical books and learning resources · 58 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -73% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Education
- Books
- Online Learning
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Could you build this?
Yes An interactive ebook with animated figures is a web app built from HTML, CSS, and a canvas or SVG animation library. AI assistants handle this well, and the content is authored text and diagrams.
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Attention rank: #64 of 101 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 356 days after the earliest competitor.
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