Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505
Shares rank 3 of 5 illustrated books by recommenders
Recommended for its beautiful book and high-quality pictures of tools. Critics say the online site's descriptions read as AI-written and do not match the drawings.
Recommended for its beautiful book and high-quality pictures of tools. Critics say the online site's descriptions read as AI-written and do not match the drawings.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not 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: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Beautiful book with high-quality pictures
“The book itself is very beautiful and I'm thankful for the high quality pictures.”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505” Decent 3D perspective rendering skills
“pretty decent 3D perspective rendering skills”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Descriptions read as AI-written
“There are telltale signs of AI writing that once you see it across sites repeatedly”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505” Descriptions misread the drawings
“the LLM that wrote the descriptions doesn't understand the drawings”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505” Site feels like untrustworthy spam
“it's still all untrustworthy spam by default”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505”
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The four most recommended other illustrated books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| The Way Things Workby David Macaulay | 14 | 1 | 93% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Codex Seraphinianusby Luigi Serafini | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505This page | 4 | 4 | 50% | 1 | — | — |
| Castleby David Macaulay | 4 | 1 | 80% | 4 | — | — |
| Undergroundby David Macaulay | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the LLM that wrote the descriptions doesn't understand the drawings”
“pretty decent 3D perspective rendering skills”
“There are telltale signs of AI writing that once you see it across sites repeatedly”
“it's still all untrustworthy spam by default”
“The book itself is very beautiful and I'm thankful for the high quality pictures.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.