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Ask HN: HN for DIY'ers? Is there such a thing?

8 points by aepearson ↗ HN
I was wondering if anyone here knew of a "feed" type site like HN that was for DIY-related topics.

I love building stuff and learning about building stuff. Would be cool to see something like this platform, but all about fun DIY projects.

The Instructables home page is pretty cool, but not quite what I was looking for.

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levifig
As someone who has recently gotten super interested in soldering and other DIY matters, I would too love to have a central hub for news and relevant stuff in this subject… :)
aepearson
Sounds like a project in the making.
learning123
You might want to check out hometalk.com - thousands of DIY ideas and projects, with lots of community interaction.
long
hackaday.com (not exactly the same because you can't submit links yourself but lively comments threads and forums)
brudgers
Some fraction of HN users are professionals in the primary fields it covers. By definition DIY'ers are not professionals.
mobiplayer
The problem is that places like HN perverted the term "Hacker" by making it a synonym of developer/coder, which in previous meanings covered what you call "DIY'ers".

Everybody around here calls himself a hacker, when in the past it was more an achievement than just a job you can choose.

aepearson
True story, haha.

I also remember used to be that "Hacker" in the programming context was looked down upon. Meaning, you had no idea what you were doing (you were a "hack") or you were up to no good (black hat).