# Assembly Lines by Roger Wagner

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/assembly-lines/

3 people recommended Assembly Lines by Roger Wagner in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 3 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a book to sit down with and work through step by step, especially for learning 6502 assembly on the Apple II.

Summary written by Claude from 3 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Good to work through step by step (1 comment in the sample): "Great book to sit down with and work your way through." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779219))
- Called fantastic by a reader (1 comment in the sample): "Assembly Lines books by Roger Wagner is fantastic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781725))

## Other assembly language books people recommend

- [Machine Language for Beginners by Richard Mansfield](https://hackerapproved.com/p/machine-language-for-beginners/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [The Art of 64-bit Assembly by Randall Hyde](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-64-bit-assembly/): 4 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Assembly Lines by Roger Wagner", https://hackerapproved.com/p/assembly-lines/ (3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.