Hacker Wisdom

A collection of wisdom found in the answers to Ask HN questions.

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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

How are early-stage AI startups thinking about IP protection?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/b2b-marketer/

Back end where you just define schema, access policy, and functions

https://ash-hq.org

https://gist.github.com/sssemil/fa94948ae0c12d92f9b1fdc272f7c80f#file-desc-md

What Comes After Markdown?

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/04/apple-notes-markdown

https://gethly.com/page/markdown

https://voiden.md

Is there a reliable way to tell if an image is AI generated?

https://deepmind.google/models/synthid/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEA6Cwzwip8

Why doesn't HN have a rec algorithm?

https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/173314/31143

https://github.com/btrettel/specialized-bibs

So Claude's stealing our business secrets, right?

https://www.sellerscommerce.com/blog/saas-statistics/

I made my favorite AI tool

https://sebringj.github.io/autonomo/

Programmable Watches with WiFi?

https://asteroidos.org/

https://www.tinytronics.nl/en/development-boards/microcontroller-boards/with-wi-fi/lilygo-ttgo-t-watch-2020-esp32-black

I'm 15 and built a platform for developers to showcase WIP projects

https://wip.co/

If the "AI bubble" pops, will it really be that dramatic?

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/12/alphabet-100-year-bond-debt-fears-ai-credit-risk.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034849

Why don't software developers make medical devices?

https://blog.johner-institute.com/systems-engineering/functional-safety/

Do US presidents have less fiduciary liability than CEOs?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_stripping

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_the_U.S.A._Bible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt_ceiling

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1993823372590100944

https://youtu.be/lonTBp9h7Fo?t=1028

Is it worth learning Vim in 2026?

https://www.infoworld.com/article/4125231/ai-use-may-speed-code-generation-but-developers-skills-suffer.html

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEU7R-nu9wM

Do You Love My "Assess Idea" (AI) Robo-Reply Side Project Idea?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099583

What happens to all the hardware when data centers upgrade?

https://cloudninjas.com/

What (other) jobs do you think of doing?

https://www.levels.fyi/blog/swe-level-framework.html

Can a license make large corporations give back?

https://github.com/berneout

https://marktarver.com

Reddit Ads support is leaking PII and actively crossing user sessions

https://www.cisa.gov/reporting-cyber-incident