Reading list of popular Hacker News users

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This tool aggregates and displays the reading lists from popular Hacker News users. It allows people interested in technology and programming to discover what influential community members are reading. The site pulls together curated content recommendations from active Hacker News contributors, making it useful for those seeking quality reading suggestions within tech and programming communities.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

• TB
  Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News2016 · hackernewsbooks.com · ▲463
• TU
  The users behind Hacker News2011 · hnwho.com · ▲193
• HN
  Hacker News Comments2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · ▲189
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  Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker NewsJun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · ▲140

  Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.

• HN
  HackerNews News Recommender2012 · normansoven.com · ▲97

  The best ideas are both simple and outlandish.

• FT
  Filter the web by Hacker News2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · ▲146

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲931

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 3d ago · permit.petercai.com

• IV
  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

  Life & fun · 15d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 16d ago · bigwords.page

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 10d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 14d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

  Life & fun · 24d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Marketing Resources List▲917

  The biggest collection of free marketing resources

  Growth · 2019 · nira.com

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  Sizzy▲876

  The browser for designers and developers

  Dev tools · 2019 · sizzy.co

• BA
  Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'▲747

  Dev tools · 2019 · kerkour.fr

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  Libra▲687

  A global cryptocurrency by Facebook

  Commerce · 2019 · developers.diem.com

• TP
  This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine▲633

  Life & fun · 2019 · secretgeek.github.io

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  Clockwise▲608

  Making your calendar work for you.

  Work · 2019 · getclockwise.com