HN Atlas
← All topics

Personal computers and laptops

Desktop and laptop selection, maintenance, restoration, sharing, and consumer hardware.

4,989 stories · 60 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

The pace of conversation

Posts per month

2020-01: 60 posts2020-02: 73 posts2020-03: 53 posts2020-04: 53 posts2020-05: 62 posts2020-06: 71 posts2020-07: 61 posts2020-08: 59 posts2020-09: 71 posts2020-10: 69 posts2020-11: 64 posts2020-12: 71 posts2021-01: 80 posts2021-02: 78 posts2021-03: 65 posts2021-04: 50 posts2021-05: 56 posts2021-06: 60 posts2021-07: 51 posts2021-08: 66 posts2021-09: 55 posts2021-10: 50 posts2021-11: 64 posts2021-12: 65 posts2022-01: 91 posts2022-02: 69 posts2022-03: 48 posts2022-04: 77 posts2022-05: 75 posts2022-06: 57 posts2022-07: 51 posts2022-08: 64 posts2022-09: 74 posts2022-10: 73 posts2022-11: 68 posts2022-12: 84 posts2023-01: 76 posts2023-02: 55 posts2023-03: 66 posts2023-04: 55 posts2023-05: 71 posts2023-06: 48 posts2023-07: 65 posts2023-08: 68 posts2023-09: 70 posts2023-10: 60 posts2023-11: 59 posts2023-12: 58 posts2024-01: 74 posts2024-02: 66 posts2024-03: 61 posts2024-04: 53 posts2024-05: 72 posts2024-06: 60 posts2024-07: 70 posts2024-08: 57 posts2024-09: 51 posts2024-10: 56 posts2024-11: 53 posts2024-12: 43 posts2025-01: 73 posts2025-02: 35 posts2025-03: 52 posts2025-04: 71 posts2025-05: 54 posts2025-06: 42 posts2025-07: 43 posts2025-08: 49 posts2025-09: 41 posts2025-10: 58 posts2025-11: 47 posts2025-12: 53 posts2026-01: 86 posts2026-02: 52 posts2026-03: 60 posts2026-04: 71 posts2026-05: 57 posts2026-06: 49 posts2026-07: 68 posts2026-08: 67 posts2026-09: 56 posts
2020-012026-09

Posts per month · first and latest months may be partial.

01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026566 stories
2025618 stories
2024716 stories
2023751 stories
2022831 stories
2021740 stories
2020767 stories

02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables↗ blog.jim-nielsen.com · HN · 465 comments · 784 points · Sep 10, 2026
There's no reason for software to be slow anymore↗ danluu.com · HN · 499 comments · 669 points · Aug 22, 2026
Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)↗ bobble.tech · HN · 53 comments · 63 points · Sep 22, 2026
For Computer Use, the harness matters as much as the model↗ stagehand.dev · HN · 18 comments · 32 points · Sep 24, 2026
I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer↗ claytonwramsey.com · HN · 97 comments · 117 points · Sep 03, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables↗ blog.jim-nielsen.com · HN · 465 comments · 784 points · Sep 10, 2026
I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer↗ claytonwramsey.com · HN · 97 comments · 117 points · Sep 03, 2026
Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)↗ bobble.tech · HN · 53 comments · 63 points · Sep 22, 2026
The origins of Partner’s computer case↗ racunalniski-muzej.si · HN · 5 comments · 41 points · Sep 07, 2026
For Computer Use, the harness matters as much as the model↗ stagehand.dev · HN · 18 comments · 32 points · Sep 24, 2026
A Computer History Time Capsule↗ blog.archive.org · HN · 0 comments · 26 points · Sep 01, 2026
Why Buran Had Four Computers, Not Three↗ zatona.dev · HN · 1 comments · 12 points · Sep 24, 2026
Should You Buy a ThinkPad?↗ rubenerd.au · HN · 13 comments · 10 points · Sep 07, 2026
The Age of Personalized Hardware↗ twitter.com · HN · 0 comments · 9 points · Sep 25, 2026
So software is mostly dead and hardware it is↗ twitter.com · HN · 0 comments · 9 points · Sep 13, 2026

10 stories shown.

Help shape Hacker Atlas

Useful, confusing, or missing something? I’d love to hear.

Your feedback is private. Your email is only used to reply, never to sign you up for a newsletter.