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24 alternatives to TCBC by TechCrunch - Kate Conger

Defcon, the end of Gawker and hacking the NSA

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

1. 1
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Jay & Farhad Show: Peter Thiel’s Mission to Destroy Gawker▲57

   The case between VC Peter Thiel & Gawker Media

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4GI
   gist.io, blogless writing for hackers▲286

   2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tagger News▲280

   A smarter version of Hacker News

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6TD
   Twtxt – Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers▲154

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Without Permission▲147

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

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hacksy by Decoded▲175

   Check if your data has been leaked & get a better password

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9HN
   Hacker News CLI, written in Go▲98

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10TU
    The users behind Hacker News▲193

    2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Detectify▲124

    Go hack yourself!

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Chat with D.B. Cooper▲84

    The mysterious hijacker who the FBI have been after

    2023 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Recode Replay - Nick Denton▲62

    CEO of Gawker at Code Conference 2016

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HackerX▲83

    Hacker and Maker community on Slack

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Tear Down Show: Talking Gawker, Childhood Pets and the Flip Phone Comeback▲55

    Long time tech/media nerds talk Gawker, flip phones & more

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16TI
    the iPhone version of News/YC, a Hacker News reader▲110

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    VB Engage - 001: Gary Vaynerchuk, and the death of Windows Phones▲85

    Stewart and Travis get their very own #AskGaryVee show.

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Gum▲123

    The social network of things

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Alibi▲155

    A DVR for your life

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Internet History Podcast: Rafat Ali of PaidContent and Skift▲53

    Before Huffington Post, before TechCrunch, was PaidContent

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Sheriff▲75

    Blog network to rant about tech industry, anonymously

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Codecrap▲93

    Where developers go to laugh and cry

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Slack-HN▲99

    Read Hacker News right from Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Muckrack▲147

    Easily find & build relationships with journalists.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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