I would usually post this to wedtech but it has as much non-tech interest as tech.
http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/the-technology-behind-the-nytimes-com-redesign/?_r=0
Basically a blow by blow of the complete redesign of the NYTimes. Not just "looks" but computer/web architecture, using many recent elements: backbone, grunt, require, LESS, jquery (legacy browsers), backbone and more.
Here's a dense example:
Adding structure to our JavaScript
The redesign required a lot of JavaScript to be written to support a dynamic and personalized feature set. A robust framework was necessary to enable modules to live together without being tightly coupled. Backbone.js and RequireJS provided structure and a standard way of writing code. We chose Backbone because it provided a desirable amount of flexibility and is less opinionated than other frameworks. jQuery, Modernizr, SockJS, Underscore.jsand Hammer.js were supporting libraries, and we also took advantage of Mocha and Chai to supply test coverage to our modules.
Is that hip or what!
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