Hey HN,
I recently built whatstype.org
, a free personality test website that helps people explore their thinking, communication, and relationship patterns.
Unlike most MBTI-style sites that only give you a short label, Whatstype digs deeper:
The test adapts to your responses dynamically
Results are structured around reasoning style, emotional pattern, and social interaction
Each of the 16 personality types includes detailed analysis, strengths, challenges, and real-life advice
No login, no tracking — everything runs client-side
I built it because I was frustrated with the typical “clickbait MBTI quizzes” that don’t respect users’ time or data. Whatstype focuses on clarity, accuracy, and clean UX rather than virality.
Tech stack:
Next.js 14 + TypeScript
TailwindCSS for UI
Structured JSON content for multi-language results
Fully static export, hosted on Cloudflare Pages
If you’re into psychology, data visualization, or just enjoy introspective tools, I’d love your feedback — especially on:
Question design (is it too long / too short?)
Result presentation clarity
Ideas for making the insights more actionable
You can try it here: https://whatstype.org
Thanks for reading!
I found myself disagreeing, even strongly, on the majority of questions. And what's with all the partying and hanging out with people? It would be nice if the same conclusions could be reached with, say, roughly 50:50 agreement:disagreement (each question could potentially be asked from the opposite viewpoint, and the site could randomly choose one of the two forms).
As for the results: Not surprisingly, the site rated me at 100% introversion (which is similar to what I have scored as in other such tests), but it was only after looking at the scores for the other parameters that it became apparent what an all-blue bar that went from 100% to 0% meant. I.e., it was unclear that blue meant introversion and green meant extraversion.
Overall a nice experience, though.
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