Hacker Wisdom
A collection of wisdom found in the answers to Ask HN questions.
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Mechanical Turk is twenty years old today. What did you create with it?
https://blog.mturk.com/weve-made-it-easier-for-more-requesters-to-use-amazon-mechanical-turk-ab2ae649c555
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1343275
https://web.archive.org/web/20170809155252id_/http://kittur.org/files/drafts/Submissions/Kittur+2008_CrowdsourcingMechanicalTurk.pdf
https://youtu.be/Gz4OTFeE5JY
Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?
https://codeberg.org/ashton314/emacs-bedrock
https://emacs-lsp.github.io/lsp-mode/tutorials/CPP-guide/
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs?EmacsHistory
https://github.com/bbatsov/crux
https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude
https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d
https://github.com/ocodo/ocomacs
https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs
https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd#quickstart
https://gitlab.com/dwt1/dotfiles/-/blob/master/.config/doom/config.org?ref_type=heads
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/refcards/pdf/refcard.pdf
https://hub.docker.com/r/wwarner/emacs-native
https://www.jamescherti.com/essential-emacs-packages/
https://www.masteringemacs.org
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/beginners-guide-to-emacs
https://melpa.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
https://sachachua.com/topic/
https://systemcrafters.net/emacs-from-scratch/
https://xenodium.com
Why are QR codes not clickable links on browsers?
https://www.android.com/ai/circle-to-search/
Who uses open LLMs and coding assistants locally? Share setup and laptop
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxyai/
https://blog.continue.dev/instinct/
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220702
https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Election_Frauds_v1_4_Mindmap_PDF/23528385
https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/issues/4526
https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/15396
https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.vscode/issues/55
https://github.com/instavm/coderunner
https://github.com/kyuz0/amd-strix-halo-toolboxes
https://github.com/lst97/claude-code-sub-agents/blob/main/agents/agent-organizer.md
https://github.com/mostlygeek/llama-swap
https://github.com/toogle/mlx-dev-server
https://github.com/woile/nix-config/blob/main/hosts/aconcagua/configuration.nix#L77-L90
https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/gpt-oss-120b-GGUF/tree/main
https://huggingface.co/spaces/ibm-granite/Granite-4.0-Nano-WebGPU
https://huggingface.co/unsloth/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-GGUF
https://lemmy.zip/post/50193734
https://markjgsmith.com/posts/2025/10/12/just-use-llamacpp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45773874
https://ollama.com/cloud
https://ollama.com/library/granite4
https://opencode.ai/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLM/
https://www.youtube.com/@AZisk
Tell HN: Azure outage
https://abcnews.go.com/US/protecting-vote-1-5-election-day-polling-places/story?id=114990347
https://archive.is/Q4izZ
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-cloud-accidentally-nukes-customer-account-causes-two-weeks-of-downtime/
https://aws.amazon.com/artifact/faq/
https://aws.amazon.com/message/101925/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/frontdoor
https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status
https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status/history/
https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
https://ballotpedia.org/Official_sample_ballots,_2020
https://blog.cloudflare.com/rearchitecting-workers-kv-for-redundancy/
https://bpuk1prod1environment.blob.core.windows.net/host-properties/index.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/tesla-grok-mom-9.6956930
https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/project-suspension-guidelines
https://code.visualstudio.com/
https://corporate.asda.com/newsroom/2025/22/09/asda-announces-renewed-ai-and-cloud-collaboration-with-microsoft
https://dnschecker.org/#A/answers.microsoft.com
https://dnschecker.org/#A/get.helm.sh
https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/
https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2024-01/pv4-work-study-jan-24.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_signature
https://entra.microsoft.com/
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-ceo-explains-recent-layoffs-in-internal-memo/495027
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/ballot-box-fires
https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=40766
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/4jxdz4m769gy
https://i.sstatic.net/yCseI.png
https://isitdns.com/
https://learn.microsoft.com/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1331370/front-door-responds-with-origintimeout-after-4-sec
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/migrate-cdn-to-front-door
https://login.microsoftonline.com/
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitSocial.gitsocial
https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/115445701583902092
https://www.microsoft.com
https://www.microsoft.com/
https://microsoft.com/deviceloginus
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/
https://www.natwest.com/
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/digital-transformation/how-alaska-airlines-uses-technology-to-ensure-its-passengers-have-a-seamless-journey-from-ticket-purchase-to-baggage-pickup/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32030400
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32031136
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32031639
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689366
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45744973
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45749054
https://nltimes.nl/2025/10/29/ns-hit-microsoft-cloud-outage-travel-planner-ticket-machines-affected
https://playwright.azureedge.net/builds/chromium/1124/chromium-linux.zip
https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1ojbebq/just_pushed_my_first_pr_for_my_new_job_at_azure/
https://www.retailtouchpoints.com/topics/store-operations/case-study-family-dollar-optimizes-pos-system-with-embedded-apps
https://www.rijdendetreinen.nl/en/disruptions/archive?date_before=29-10-2025&date_after=29-10-2025
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/
https://serversearcher.com
https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/data-research/ballot-status-codes
https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/ow5i3PPK96RduMcb1SsW
https://status.cloud.microsoft/
https://thenewstack.io/github-will-prioritize-migrating-to-azure-over-feature-development/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115441871289276790
https://update.code.visualstudio.com
https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.105.1/darwin-arm64/stable
https://updog.ai/
https://verifiedvoting.org/election-system/hand-counted-paper-ballots/
https://vpspricetracker.com/
https://x.com/AzureSupport/status/1983569891379835372?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://www.xbox.com/en-US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVkLP57yvM
What are you working on?
https://aishwaryagoel.com/
https://www.big-o.academy/practice/
https://brainhurricane.ai
https://carlnewton.github.io/posts/location-based-social-network/
https://codeinput.com
https://createaclickablemap.com/
https://currenttimeutc.com/
https://cybernetic.dev/matrix
https://desktop.with.audio
https://github.com/raphui/rnk
https://hackernews.games/
https://www.inclusivecolors.com/
https://inSolitaire.com
https://intimost.com/login/
https://ip-sonar.com
https://ivyreader.com
https://pagewatch.ai/
https://www.pranadrop.com
https://www.radiopuppy.com
https://teletable.app
https://testflight.apple.com/join/tWS4CERT
https://truediffs.com
https://tufalabs.ai/
https://wherelabs.info
What notably hasn't changed in the past 10 years?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/craigslist-personal-ads-sesta-fosta/
Tell HN: Twilio support replies with hallucinated features
https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-canada-chatbot-lawsuit-1.7116416
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel
https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legalized-marijuana.html
What is the best way to use Claude Code from my phone?
https://github.com/epicenter-md/epicenter/tree/main/apps/sh
https://happy.engineering
Why I rarely see game dev startup here?
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=game%20points%3E5&sort=byDate&type=show_hn
https://www.metahuman.com/en-US
Scientists can't define consciousness, yet we think AI will have it
https://arxiv.org/html/2510.18212v2
Is anybody running a successful non-subscription business?
https://allaboutberlin.com
Does anyone else with astigmatism not like dark-mode?
https://www.nordtheme.com/
Tell HN: OpenAI now requires ID verification and won't refund API credits
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd2qv58yl5o
https://community.openai.com/t/api-credits-amount-get-expired/1144001/6
https://docs.z.ai/scenario-example/develop-tools/claude
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10910291-api-organization-verification
https://ixbroker.com/blog/china-is-quietly-overtaking-america-with-open-ai-models/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44837367
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45582874
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
https://ollama.com/
https://z.ai/
I'm tired of reading five different API docs just to accept payments
https://xkcd.com/927/
Do you have an aversion to recent TLDs?
https://teenage.engineering
https://trashbat.co.ck
Thoughts on /etc/hosts instead of DNS for production applications?
https://unbound.docs.nlnetlabs.nl/en/latest/manpages/unbound.conf.html
Is AWS down again?
https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/map/
https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/updog
https://leetcode.com/..It
https://updog.ai/status/amazonaws
https://updog.ai/status/openai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa4VJobPBr4
Advice for creating a USB device linking 2 computers
https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/ftdi-future-technology-devices-international-ltd/USB-NMC-2.5M/2441364
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/MSP-EXP430F5529LP/4311683
https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap
https://github.com/saulrh/composite-joystick
https://greatscottgadgets.com/cynthion/
https://mtlynch.io/notes/zig-unit-test-c/
https://pypi.org/project/zero-hid/
https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-plug
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/remote-desktop/apdf49e03a4/mac
https://xairy.io/articles/thinkpad-xdci
