# Devs

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Devs and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People who liked it call it well executed and enjoyable enough to recommend. Some find it too cringe, and one says it drops off after the first few episodes.

## Why people recommend it

- Enjoyed it enormously (1 comments): "I enjoyed it enormously and I do likewise recommend it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709605))
- Decently executed (1 comments): "It is decently executed, but it is a bit too cringe for my liking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932206))

## What people warn about

- Too cringe for some (1 comments): "It is decently executed, but it is a bit too cringe for my liking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932206))
- Drops off after first episodes (1 comments): "Devs dropped off hard after the first few episodes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50166279))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Devs", https://hackerapproved.com/p/devs/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).