Techmeme profile. turns 20 this week. looks and feels like it did in 2005

Techmeme, a news aggregator launched full-time on September 12, 2005, reaches its 20th anniversary this week while keeping a design that has barely changed. Founder Gabe Rivera says the site's text-only, dense layout was chosen for readability and speed, and he has resisted adding photos, videos or podcasts because they would slow down timely news. Traffic is up 25 percent this year, which Rivera attributes likely to interest in AI. Rivera says the company is profitable without venture capital, runs on two servers in one hosting facility, and earns between $1 million and $5 million a year from newsletters and a corporate service launched in 2020.