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Yaky's
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Yaky's is a personal blog at yaky.dev about hardware and systems. Since 2024, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Smartphone without a battery (2022)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, 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 on running a smartphone without its battery, powered from a defined external source instead. The only comment is a neutral link citing it as the safer option.
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?
- Smartphone without a battery (2022)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-11-26
What Hacker News says?
You could try to fake a battery instead: https://yaky.dev/2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/ (This is for a removable battery, but should be close for built-in ones too, I suppose)
Comment linking /2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/
on “How to repurpose your old phone into a web server”Submitted Nokia N900 Necromancy as a story · 479 points
HN discussionI am too young to know about US radio in the 80s or 90s, but I enjoy some of the local and independent stations. I even collected some of their streams after I gave up Spotify: https://yaky.dev/radio/
Comment linking /radio/
on “It's a shame what's happened to radio”Submitted Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years as a story · 262 points
HN discussionThe safest option is probably to remove the battery and run the phone from a (well defined/build) external power source, e.g. like this: https://yaky.dev/2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/
Comment linking /2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/
on “ScreenWall – Turn old phones into synced widgets for your space”Submitted PinePhone review after a month of daily driving as a story · 186 points
HN discussionI prefer text (to audio or video) specifically because it can communicate complex ideas concisely, yet can be read at any speed. This is what "write like you talk" looks like: https://yaky.dev/2026-04-01-ridiculous-reddit/reddit-601.jpg
Comment linking /2026-04-01-ridiculous-reddit/reddit-601.jpg
on “What Does It Mean to "Write Like You Talk"?”Submitted Smartphone without a battery (2022) as a story · 97 points
HN discussion
