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Unimplemented Trap

Personal blog · unimplementedtrap.comhardwareprogramming

Unimplemented Trap is a personal blog at unimplementedtrap.com about hardware and programming. Since 2022, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Building my own paper tape punch”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-28, and you can follow it by feed.

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9mentions?
8HN people?
2022–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2022

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog's post on the SB116 programmer's calculator, a hardware build. The one comment discusses the device's design and build quality, not the writing.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Building my own paper tape punch
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-06-22
  2. Unimplemented Trap – SB Mini II: A Homebrew Apple II Clone
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-07
  3. SB116 Programmers Calculator
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-09-10

What Hacker News says?

  1. PostOnce · 2022-09-15
    In all my years using this website I have never so vehemently disagreed with a comment! :) It is beautiful! It doesn't pretend, it doesn't hide away its screws, and it isn't cheap plastic. It clearly was put together with thought and care[0], it is not a bunch of junk stuffed into a box (as in a standard hobby project); angles were planned, metal bent, accessibility considered (that screen angle!). This is an island…

    Comment linking /media/sb116/SB116-Side-thumb.jpg

    on “SB116 Programmers Calculator”
  2. zdw · 2022-09-12

    Submitted SB116 Programmers Calculator as a story · 85 points

    HN discussion
  3. todsacerdoti · 2025-06-22

    Submitted Building my own paper tape punch as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  4. rbanffy · 2026-07-09

    Submitted Unimplemented Trap – SB Mini II: A Homebrew Apple II Clone as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. PaulHoule · 2025-07-02

    Submitted Building my own paper tape punch as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. rbanffy · 2025-06-25

    Submitted Unimplemented Trap – Building my own paper tape punch as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. jandeboevrie · 2026-08-11

    Submitted SB116 Programmers Calculator as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. freediver · 2026-07-07

    Submitted SB mini II: a homebrew Apple II clone as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Luc · 2022-09-10

    Submitted SB116 Programmers Calculator as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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