Hacker Wisdom

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

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1Password Raising Prices ~33%

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139951

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

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/

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

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 better to have no Agent.md than a bad one?

https://github.com/trailofbits/claude-code-config?tab=readme-ov-file#continuous-improvement

Where do you save links, notes and random useful stuff?

https://www.dokuwiki.org/

https://github.com/umtksa/links

https://www.giuspen.net/cherrytree/

https://karakeep.app/

What is up with all the glitchy and off-topic comments?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130567

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

Explanation of JEPA – Yann LeCun's proposed solution to self-supervised learning

https://rohitbandaru.github.io/blog/JEPA-Deep-Dive/

GLP-1 Second-Order Effects

https://philippdubach.com/posts/novo-was-europes-most-valuable-company/

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

So Claude's stealing our business secrets, right?

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

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

https://wip.co/

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

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

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

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://github.com/lockstepvault-hq/lockstep

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

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

https://ash-hq.org

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

Why don't software developers make medical devices?

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

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

I made my favorite AI tool

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

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

How do new blogs break the backlink–indexing loop?

https://littlecodingthings.com/simple-ways-to-create-a-css-overlay-effect/