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Particle
Company blog · blog.particle.io/bloghardwareprogramming
Particle is the company blog at blog.particle.io, writing about hardware and programming. Since 2015, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 29 times, most often “Particle Is Killing Mesh”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post arguing that the Internet of Things will be the world's biggest robot. The one comment adds the risk of DIY open-source IoT misuse, citing a community forum thread about a thermostat.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Particle Is Killing Mesh4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-01-28
What Hacker News says?
Not intended in any way as a rebuttal of your point, but considering both sides of an issue is generally worthwhile: There's the potential for DIY open source misuse, with negative consequences: Here, a poster's bad experience with a properly-installed OEM product prompts a "warning", directed at the open-source DIY community... https://community.particle.io/t/spark-powered-thermostats-bu... The poster referenced th…
Comment linking /2014/01/17/open-source-thermostat/?redirected=true
on “The Internet of Things Will Be the World's Biggest Robot”Submitted Prototype to production: How to build and design a PCB prototype as a story · 176 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle Mesh IoT Developer Kits Built on OpenThread as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spark is now Particle as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted What every IoT engineer needs to know about navigation: GPS, cell, Wi-Fi, & BLE as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Professional Debugging for IoT with Particle Workbench: Go Beyond Serial.print() as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle Announces EtherSIM as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle Discontinues Particle Mesh as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle Is Killing Mesh as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unlimited Tomorrow is modernizing prosthetics using IoT as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Use Tensor Flow Lite and a Particle Xenon to Build an ML-Gesture Wand as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting Started with Machine Learning on MCUs with TensorFlow as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle raises $40M Series C to enable the Internet of Things as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Discover how an 8th-grader is solving real-world problems with IoT as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Take your IoT career to new heights with these 3 instructive IoT video playlists as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Upcycling an old homebrewing project with IoT as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How surface-mount electronics are made live from Shenzhen as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building your first PCB prototype: A three-part series as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Prototype to production: Preparing assembly materials as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle Pomodoro: Internet-Connected Pomodoro Timer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle is discontinuing development of Particle Mesh as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle Mesh Update as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Build a Terrifying IoT Clown as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learn how-to build this cellular asset tracker with a Particle Boron as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted IoT elevates my user interaction design for connected toys as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How we built a connected custom PCB badge for the Kentucky Derby as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Particle for Good – providing benefits to socially conscious IoT builders as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introducing the Particle Device Cloud Alexa Skill as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted WarSting: A Wi-Fi scanning sword for Hobbits (2014) as a story · 1 points
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