Tulip Creative Computer
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A small, cheap hacker's device that people find fairly powerful and easy for drivers, interfaces and hardware tinkering. One critic called its claims aspirational.
A small, cheap hacker's device that people find fairly powerful and easy for drivers, interfaces and hardware tinkering. One critic called its claims aspirational.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: 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: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, 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
Small, cheap device for hacking
“An immediate benefit I see is that they're cheap enough to use once”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer” “the point here is to have a small cheap device to play and hack”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer” Reduces complexity, eases driver work
“What I love about this is the reduction in complexity compared to how something like this would typically be built today.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer” “it makes everything easier - writing drivers, playing with user interfaces, etc.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer” Decent power for its size
“I wasn't disappointed! It's more of a hacker's device at the moment - for better or worse - but it's fairly powerful under the hood.”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer” “That's a decent amount of power for running one thing.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer” Encourages hands-on creative projects
“Attempting to get people to interact with the real world and also be creative should be commended.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer” “Great project. I especially love adding i2c peripherals from M5.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “The Tulip Creative Computer”
What people said
11 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the point here is to have a small cheap device to play and hack”
“this is incredible . I love it.”
“I wasn't disappointed! It's more of a hacker's device at the moment - for better or worse - but it's fairly powerful under the hood.”
“Boots almost instantly into a usable system”
“Attempting to get people to interact with the real world and also be creative should be commended.”
“That's a decent amount of power for running one thing.”
“An immediate benefit I see is that they're cheap enough to use once”
“it makes everything easier - writing drivers, playing with user interfaces, etc.”
“statements like these are just aspirational warm-and-fuzzies about the product without any real substance?”
“Great project. I especially love adding i2c peripherals from M5.”
“What I love about this is the reduction in complexity compared to how something like this would typically be built today.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.