# Delayed Gratification magazine

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Delayed Gratification magazine and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for well-designed print journalism with clear infographics; critics say it is too focused on the UK and Commonwealth.

## Why people recommend it

- Beautiful design and print quality (2 comments): "if you like print journalism they're a good option with great print quality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49086915)) "It's beautifully designed, well written, good paper stock, the works." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49087004))
- Clear infographics and visualizations (2 comments): "Brilliant editorial with beautiful and easily digestible infographics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49094355)) "they had (have?) really good infographics/visualizations!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49088114))

## What people warn about

- Too UK and Commonwealth focused (2 comments): "it was just too much UK focused stuff for my liking." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49090316)) "it was too focused on Commonwealth news and culture to be worth my time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49091868))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Byte magazine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byte-magazine.md): 49 recommend
- [Paged Out](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paged-out-issue-sharp-8.md): 46 recommend
- [The New Yorker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-yorker.md): 26 recommend
- [Dr. Dobb's Journal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dr-dobb-s-journal.md): 14 recommend
- [Tmp.0ut Volume 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tmp-0ut-volume-5.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Delayed Gratification magazine", https://hackerapproved.com/p/delayed-gratification-magazine/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).