Top all-time · #19871
SnapMagic Blog
Company blog · blog.snapeda.comhardwarebusiness
SnapMagic Blog is the company blog at blog.snapeda.com, writing about hardware and business. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Building the Commodore computer that should have existed”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link SnapMagic's blog for posts on the Commodore C256 Phoenix project and on SnapEDA's KiCad plugin and footprint library for PCB design.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Building the Commodore computer that should have existed2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-06-07
What Hacker News says?
If you’re curious to learn more about how Bluetooth was named, there’s an interview with Jim Kardach on the topic: https://blog.snapeda.com/2019/10/07/how-bluetooth-got-its-na...
Comment linking /2019/10/07/how-bluetooth-got-its-name-an-interview-with-jim-kardach/
on “Origin of the Bluetooth Name”Submitted A satellite engineer explains the basics of space electronics as a story · 183 points
HN discussionAfter reading http://blog.snapeda.com/2018/06/06/building-the-commodore-co... I doubt pretty much about this. Besides, we had the C-one which IS a successor and more...
Comment linking /2018/06/06/building-the-commodore-computer-that-should-have-existed-an-interview-with-stefany-allaire/
on “The C256 Phoenix Project aka What Commodore 256 could have been like”Submitted Why open hardware needs open software as a story · 126 points
HN discussionMaybe SnapEDA and their new KiCad plugin [1] would be a good fit for you? I've not used the plugin myself but I do use SnapEDA footprints myself occasionally. I also try and keep on top of all the footprints available on GitHub and add them to our repo [2], you can add this globally and search through it from within KiCad. 1: https://blog.snapeda.com/2020/09/09/introducing-the-snapeda-... 2: https://github.com/kitsp…
Comment linking /2020/09/09/introducing-the-snapeda-kicad-plugin/
on “From Idea to Printed Circuit Board in One Week”Submitted Building the Commodore computer that should have existed as a story · 124 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Bluetooth got its name – an interview with Jim Kardach as a story · 54 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: Find PCB Footprints and Schematic Symbols Within EAGLE as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building the Commodore that should have existed as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted SnapEDA updates KiCad footprint support as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The challenges of space electronics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Top Microcontrollers for PCB Design as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Electronics Designers: Export to OrCAD and Allegro Now Available on SnapEDA as a story · 1 points
HN discussion