# IEEE Spectrum

6 Hacker News commenters recommended IEEE Spectrum and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for expert technical articles and good writeups on engineering topics. Critics say some articles are filler or AI-generated, which lowers its quality.

## Why people recommend it

- Expert technical content (2 comments): "they still contain good technical content written by experts, but they also feature junk/filler "articles"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520513)) "A good writeup on the tech" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559974))
- Good, readable publication (2 comments): "IEEE Spectrum is such a good publication" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49763289)) "This is an interesting read on software projects and failure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46048947))

## What people warn about

- Filler and AI-generated articles (3 comments): "they still contain good technical content written by experts, but they also feature junk/filler "articles"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520513)) "leaning pretty heavily into low-quality, AI-generated articles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48513142)) "uninspiring slop since before slop was cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147662))
- Shallow, lower-quality writing (2 comments): "it's a very shallow analysis written for a barely technical audience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49763981)) "this really lowers the IEEE's quality in my eyes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48514454))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [LWN.net subscription](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lwn-net.md): 53 recommend
- [Quanta Magazine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quanta-magazine.md): 36 recommend
- [Low-tech Magazine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/low-tech-magazine.md): 15 recommend
- [Strong Towns](https://hackerapproved.com/p/strong-towns.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "IEEE Spectrum", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ieee-spectrum/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).