Hacker Wisdom
A collection of wisdom found in the answers to Ask HN questions.
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Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
https://github.com/tonhowtf/omniget
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45357205
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9332418
Programmable Watches with WiFi?
https://apps.garmin.com/apps/78a3fa7c-6f78-4d0e-94cd-b9bd8744f0b2
https://asteroidos.org/
https://banglejs.com/
https://pine64.org/devices/pinetime/
https://www.tinytronics.nl/en/development-boards/microcontroller-boards/with-wi-fi/lilygo-ttgo-t-watch-2020-esp32-black
https://unexpectedmaker.com/shop.html#!/TinyWATCH-S3-P10/p/597047015
https://watchy.sqfmi.com
https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-touch-amoled-2.06.htm
Who Is Using XMPP?
https://github.com/wahern/prosody-openbsd
https://jmp.chat
https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
https://snikket.org
1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March
https://1password.com/press/2025/nov/1password-strengthens-leadership-amid-growth-milestone
https://bitwarden.com/blog/bitwarden-launches-enhanced-premium-plan/
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
https://cs.joshstrange.com/jFqYXC8q
https://github.com/lockstepvault-hq/lockstep
https://imgur.com/a/Rn046lL
https://old.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/1bwesve/1password_is_crashing_on_startup_but_will_start/
https://www.passbolt.com
https://pwsafe.org/
https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud-windows/set-up-icloud-passwords-icw2babf5e03/icloud
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/export-passwords-iphf28f2e93e/ios
https://x.com/youyuxi/status/2005904473332564339?s=20
Chromebook leads for K-8 school in need?
https://chromeos.google/products/chromeos-flex/
https://devbox.microsoft.com/
https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/
https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook
https://www.pcsforpeople.org/tech-for-nonprofits/#EligibilityRequirements
Starting a New Role with Ada
https://github.com/ohenley/awesome-ada
https://learn.adacore.com/pdf_books/courses/intro-to-ada.pdf
Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety?
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2025/06/statement-us-secretary-commerce-howard-lutnick-transforming-us-ai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145963
https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/7010/7718/
https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/
How do you know if AI agents will choose your tool?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152204
Would you choose the Microsoft stack today if starting greenfield?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/network/introduction-to-receive-side-scaling
How are you controlling AI agents that take real actions?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47146354
ChatGPT finds an error in Terence Tao's math research
https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/wiki/AI-contributions-to-Erd%C5%91s-problems#2d--ai-tools-used-to-rewrite-an-existing-argument-either-directly-or-via-a-critique
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to-be-a-genius-to-do-maths/
Any DIY open-source Alexa/Google alternatives?
https://components.espressif.com/components/espressif/esp-sr/versions/1.9.0/readme?language=en
https://rhasspy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
What Linux Would Be a Good Transition from Windows 11
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=427188
https://ubuntu.com/landscape
Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?
https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/mustafa-mahmoud/steam-updates-its-gen-ai-disclosure-policies/
Using "Hi Claudette " on Claude.ai
https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/claude-prompting-best-practices#give-claude-a-role
Share your productive usage of OpenClaw
https://brandon.wang/2026/clawdbot
https://clawdrop.org
https://github.com/rcarmo/piclaw
https://github.com/TegridyTate/Hassarr
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11105240
https://mealie.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
https://speedscale.com/blog/building-speedy-autonomous-ai-development-agent/
https://wwww.clawdrop.org
Is it better to have no Agent.md than a bad one?
https://github.com/trailofbits/claude-code-config?tab=readme-ov-file#continuous-improvement
Why doesn't HN have a rec algorithm?
https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/173314/31143
https://github.com/btrettel/specialized-bibs
What Comes After Markdown?
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/04/apple-notes-markdown
https://gethly.com/page/markdown
https://voiden.md
I'm 15 and built a platform for developers to showcase WIP projects
https://wip.co/
What is up with all the glitchy and off-topic comments?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130567