System Crafters
Shares rank 22 of 43 YouTube channels by recommenders
People recommend it as a community and video resource for learning Emacs and Guix, and as a starting point for newcomers.
7 people recommended System Crafters in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- mixed feelings
- 2
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 3 of 12 months
In 4 different threads.
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 4 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- The biggest thread supplies 43% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 8 of the 9 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Community for Emacs users
“Of course shout out to systemcrafters, joshblais, protesilaos, sacha chua, mickey peterson (and mastering emacs”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Emacs Turns 50” “It is probably the closest community to what you are looking for.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?” “While Systemcrafters is a fun community I'm a bit reluctant to spend too much time there”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?” Strong resource for Emacs and Guix
“it's an amazing resource for emacs and guix”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?” “great work being done there by Guix hackers whose work I follow”
Comment from 27 Jun 2026 in “Emacs, how it all started (for me)” Good starting point for newcomers
“System Crafters was fantastic for getting a handle on things”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Emacs, how it all started (for me)” “I personally started with SystemsCrafters”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?”
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| System CraftersThis page | 7 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
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What people said
8 of the 9 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Of course shout out to systemcrafters, joshblais, protesilaos, sacha chua, mickey peterson (and mastering emacs”
“great work being done there by Guix hackers whose work I follow”
“System Crafters was fantastic for getting a handle on things”
“I think that system crafters have some installable images”
“I personally started with SystemsCrafters”
“While Systemcrafters is a fun community I'm a bit reluctant to spend too much time there”
“it's an amazing resource for emacs and guix”
“It is probably the closest community to what you are looking for.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.