# Hackaday

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

**Verdict:** Full of curious, inspiring hacking and gadget posts from many authors, though quality varies from author to author.

## Why people recommend it

- Inspiring gadget and tech projects (2 comments): "Hackaday is still pretty cool if you're into technogadgets and the like" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47896704)) "so many cool, inspiring ideas" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686211))
- Many authors, curious community (2 comments): "Hackaday is a good blog too, there's many authors so it can be hit or miss but it's full of curious folks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46246915)) "Hackaday would probably welcome you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46232139))
- Easy to follow regularly (2 comments): "I watch stuff like hackaday and others with an rss reader, now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587528)) "regularly following Hackaday like blogs seems to help" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243121))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Simon Willison's blog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simon-willison-s-blog.md): 21 recommend
- [acoup.blog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/acoup-blog.md): 19 recommend
- [gwern.net](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gwern-net.md): 19 recommend
- [Julia Evans blog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/julia-evans-blog.md): 11 recommend
- [computer.rip by J.B. Crawford](https://hackerapproved.com/p/computer-rip.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

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