# System Crafters

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/system-crafters/

7 people recommended System Crafters in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a community and video resource for learning Emacs and Guix, and as a starting point for newcomers.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Community for Emacs users (3 comments in the sample): "Of course shout out to systemcrafters, joshblais, protesilaos, sacha chua, mickey peterson (and mastering emacs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285296)) "It is probably the closest community to what you are looking for." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45783727)) "While Systemcrafters is a fun community I'm a bit reluctant to spend too much time there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45784591))
- Strong resource for Emacs and Guix (2 comments in the sample): "it's an amazing resource for emacs and guix" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45784517)) "great work being done there by Guix hackers whose work I follow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48694894))
- Good starting point for newcomers (2 comments in the sample): "System Crafters was fantastic for getting a handle on things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590467)) "I personally started with SystemsCrafters" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45785370))

## Other YouTube channels people recommend

- [3Blue1Brown](https://hackerapproved.com/p/3blue1brown/): 79 recommend, 13 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Veritasium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/veritasium/): 37 recommend, 4 mixed, 12 criticize
- [Technology Connections YouTube channel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/technology-connections/): 36 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Asianometry](https://hackerapproved.com/p/asianometry-youtube-channel/): 23 recommend, 0 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, "System Crafters", https://hackerapproved.com/p/system-crafters/ (7 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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