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24 alternatives to Hardware Hacker

Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hardware Hacker launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1HC
   HackerBooks.com▲351

   2011 · hackerbooks.com · its alternatives →

2. 2SB
   Security Book Reviews - My side project for hackers and makers▲25

   2013 · securitybookreviews.eu · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hacking Sales (Book)▲93

   The Playbook For Building a High Velocity Sales Machine

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4HP
   HackerThings - Products for hackers▲364

   2011 · hackerthings.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   hackster.io▲77

   Where hardware hackers and makers share their projects

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Servers for Hackers eBook▲90

   What programmers need to know about web servers.

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Fake it Make it▲168

   A free eBook about UX design and rapid app prototyping

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Without Permission▲147

   Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   LittleBits - the bitLab▲84

   The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Book In A Box▲210

    Book writing & publishing as a service

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11V1
    v0.1 of my book "Why programmers work at night"▲111

    2012 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Maker Stories▲303

    Discover the stories behind products

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Imposter's Handbook▲80

    Essential Skills and Concepts For The Self-taught Programmer

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    TragicDesign▲87

    The real cost of bad design and how we can fix it (book)

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16AL
    A list of books recommended by Indie Hackers▲27

    2018 · ihbooks.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Art of Computer Programming▲91

    "The Bible" of all fundamental algorithms for programming

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Mythical Man-Month▲84

    Essays on software engineering

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Building Software Products in a Weekend▲84

    Free book about building MVPs fast.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    BubbleSort Zines▲64

    Zines about computer science!

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    When To Rob a Bank▲165

    New book from the authors of Freakonomics

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Neue Products▲95

    Dot grid books for designers and magnetic iPhone cables

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The 64▲106

    Re-imagining of the original home computer, the Commodore C6

    2016 · its alternatives →

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