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Sam Byford
Personal blog · multicore.bloghardwaredesign
Sam Byford writes Multicore, a personal blog at multicore.blog about hardware and design. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Reviews of tech gadgets and accessories. HN readers link this one as a related example, an Apple Watch case that copies the Infobar candybar phone, with non-functional buttons.
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.
Multicore is about technology hardware and design. It's written from Tokyo by Sam Byford.
Most-linked posts?
- On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-11-06
What Hacker News says?
Along similar lines of thought: there is an Apple Watch case from Japan that replicates the once-popular Infobar 'candybar' phone handset: https://www.multicore.blog/p/infobar-apple-watch-case-review... Unfortunately the buttons are purely for aesthetics.
Comment linking /p/infobar-apple-watch-case-review-kddi-fukasawa
on “TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel”Submitted On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi as a story · 2 points
HN discussion