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Made By Nathan
Personal blog · madebynathan.com · on HN as nathan_f77programmingai
Made By Nathan is a personal blog at madebynathan.com about programming and ai. Since 2011, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 49 times, most often “Show HN: I hacked my microwave with a Raspberry Pi”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Nathan's 2013 post about a Raspberry Pi-powered microwave, cited as an example of a modified, internet-connected appliance in discussions of IoT devices and security.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hi, I'm Nathan! Here's a few of my projects:
Most-linked posts?
- Show HN: I hacked my microwave with a Raspberry Pi4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2013-07-11
- Git shortcuts like you've never seen before2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-10-19
What Hacker News says?
This is the most pimped out microwave I know of: https://madebynathan.com/2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-mic... Using a raspberry pi, this microwave was modified.
Comment linking /2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-microwave/
on “Pimp My Microwave”Submitted Show HN: I hacked my microwave with a Raspberry Pi as a story · 423 points
HN discussionWould a Raspberry Pi-powered microwave[1] suffice? [1] http://madebynathan.com/2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-micr...
Comment linking /2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-microwave/
on “Russia: Hidden chips 'launch spam attacks from irons'”Submitted Show HN: I designed a ring binder to organize 1,700 resistors as a story · 14 points
HN discussionI think it's a pretty good idea, thanks for the suggestion. I just added it to the 'about' section on my blog: http://madebynathan.com/
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on “Ask HN: Where is it OK on the Net to say “I'm a developer looking for work?””Submitted Raspberry Pi Microwave as a story · 11 points
HN discussion> hugo, the binary ... (it must not break your website between releases) I wrote a little blog post about my experience with Hugo - https://madebynathan.com/posts/2021-12-05-how-docker-saved-m... I struggled with this issue when I realized that it was too much work to update my blog to use the latest version of Hugo. I wasn't able to run the old hugo binary on my new version of MacOS (segfault). And I couldn't even…
Comment linking /posts/2021-12-05-how-docker-saved-my-blog/
on “My website is one binary”Submitted Travis CI Status in Shell Prompt as a story · 11 points
HN discussionI installed a custom firmware on my ESP32-powered smart kettle and made it respond with the HTTP status code "418 I'm a teapot". [1] I used an ESP32 to automate my kitchen rangehood light and fan [2]. I've flashed ESPHome on few smart outlets and powerboards. A lot of WiFi enabled devices that you buy in stores are actually white-labelled "Tuya" products, and there's a big community effort to hack the ESP32 chips an…
Comment linking /posts/2022-09-30-automating-my-kitchen-rangehood/
on “Ask HN: What have you built with ESPHome, ESP8266 or similar hardware”Submitted Git enhanced: Numbered shortcuts from status, autojump-like repository index as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI was using a bit of hyperbole to illustrate the spectrum of choices. I think if you're building an internet toaster, you might want to reevaluate your priorities. An internet connected microwave on the other hand... http://madebynathan.com/2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-micr...
Comment linking /2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-microwave/
on “Intel's first 'open-source PC' on sale for $199”Submitted Git shortcuts like you've never seen before as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAs a programmer, I find electronic circuits insanely hard to reason about. It's like looking at a computer program where every single line runs concurrently. Maybe I need to approach it from a different angle. But I love it, and I learned a ton when I was hacking away on my microwave [1]. [1] http://madebynathan.com/2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-micr...
Comment linking /2013/07/10/raspberry-pi-powered-microwave/
on “Why Learn Basic Electronics? [video]”Submitted User Experience Is Computation as a story · 4 points
HN discussionLocation: Thailand Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Full-time: No Part-time: Yes, up to 20 hours per week. Also interested in helping with any short-term projects. Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Backbone.js, iOS, Swift, Objective C. Some others I'm currently playing with: Elixir, Phoenix, Go, React Experience: 5 years with web development, 6 months with iOS GitHub: https://github.com/ndbroadbent Blog: http://madeby…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2015)”Submitted I Turned Our Rented House into a Smart Home as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThat's a pretty cool site! On a related note: I wrote a little bash color reference script, which is a useful reference whenever you want to add a bit of color to your scripts: http://madebynathan.com/2011/08/15/bash-color-index/
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on “4bit - Terminal Color Scheme Designer”Submitted Docker Saved My Blog as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis is one the many reasons why I would never buy another iPhone if it couldn't be jailbroken. It seems weird that 'hacker news' readers aren't more excited about 'hacking' the incredible computer in their pockets. We don't need to beg developers to support Chrome if we can just change the default browser ourselves - http://i.imgur.com/f50Kxl.png Other reasons to jailbreak: * Grooveshark - Seems to have a bigger mu…
Comment linking /2010/12/26/ios-tweak-replace-operator-with-current-prepaid-balance/
on “Making Chrome better on iOS”Submitted What I Learned While Making a Game with React Native as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - remote, 5 hours ahead of San Francisco - part-time (up to 20hrs per week) I'm a Ruby on Rails developer with 5 years of experience. I recently co-founded a startup ( http://hdwr.co ), but am looking for some part-time work until we raise money. I enjoy fixing bugs, auditing code for security issues, profiling and fixing performance issues, increasing test coverage and speeding up test suites. So I wou…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2014)”Submitted ARC-AGI: The Efficiency Story the Leaderboards Don't Show as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK - Thailand / remote only I'm a software developer with 6 years of experience. I've mastered many technologies, and enjoy learning new things. I'm most familiar with Ruby on Rails, Postgres, MySQL, Javascript/HTML/CSS, Backbone.js, Go, Swift, and Objective C. Some testing libraries that I love working with: Ruby: RSpec, Capybara, VCR, TimeCop JavaScript: Mocha, expect.js, sinon.js iOS: Quick + Nimble (Sw…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2015)”Submitted Show HN: I built a circuit simulator that adds two numbers using only NAND gates as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLocation: Thailand Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Full-time: No Part-time: Yes, up to 20 hours per week. Also interested in short-term projects. Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Go, Backbone.js, iOS, Swift, Objective C. I'm also learning: Elixir, Phoenix, React Experience: 5 years with web development, 6 months with iOS GitHub: https://github.com/ndbroadbent Blog: http://madebynathan.com LinkedIn: https://www.linke…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2015)”Submitted Everything I 3D printed over the last year as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLocation: Chiang Mai, Thailand Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Full-time: No Part-time: Yes, up to 20 hours per week Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Backbone.js, Ember.js, iOS, Swift, Objective C, many others. Experience: 5 years with web development, 6 months with iOS GitHub: https://github.com/ndbroadbent Blog: http://madebynathan.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ndbroadbent Email: nathan [dot] f77 [at]…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2015)”Submitted Using React Native to Make a Game for iOS, Android, Windows, and the Web as a story · 2 points
HN discussionOn Linux (where pbcopy and pbpaste apparently don't exist), I've been using a bash function `cb` (to copy clipboard) and `cbf` (to copy a file to a clipboard) for years. If you install xclip on your system and add this to your .bashrc you can get it too: https://gist.github.com/FreedomBen/8d4d0a89fd39c8b5a5c4d5dcf... Luckily I added a link to where I got it, because I had long forgotten. Thanks Nathan! Nathan's blog…
Comment linking /2011/10/04/a-nicer-way-to-use-xclip/
on “Show HN: pbcopy/pbpaste across machines via Gitlab Snippets”Submitted Everything I Learned While Making a Game with React Native as a story · 2 points
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