Ask HN: Hacker News for Non-Software Engineers

Ask HN: Hacker News for Non-Software Engineers

5 by elil17 | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Hi HN! While I love the culture and many of the articles, HN is not as relevant as I wish it was to my day-to-day job and interests. As a mechanical engineer/engineering generalist, I wish there was a version of HN that focused more on every type of engineering that's not software engineering. I wish I could find the blog posts about how to get the most out of a factory visit, the journal articles about new materials, and the latest startups that hire people with my skillset. I'm not looking for Q&A or help forums (there are lots of good ones for that).



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