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I'd like to write more hw stuff for the HN audience. I'm curious if there's anything in particular that the HN community, who seem to be more sw focused, would

by evck 13y ago

I'd like to write more hw stuff for the HN audience. I'm curious if there's anything in particular that the HN community, who seem to be more sw focused, would like to see.

dccoolgai 13y ago
IMHO most real innovation is happening in the space between hw and sw (duino / pi / etc.). The idea that you can call yourself an "innovator" and only know software is quickly becoming quaint. I don't claim to speak for the HN community-at-large, but I'm interested in seeing anything in the vein of hw/sw synthesis like this.
- evck 13y ago
  Nice. Maybe my project to set up a bunch of open source toolchains for firmware development would be interesting then. Thanks for the feedback!
- HeyLaughingBoy 13y ago
  Real innovation is happening everywhere. Unfortunately, only the consumer-facing (and hobbyist) stuff gets covered here. Arduino, Raspi, etc. are interesting, but not technologically innovative. Their innovation is in addressing poorly-served markets: just as important, but not quite the same thing. The "internet of things" is interesting from a consumer perspective. I've been involved in it for a few years in terms of being able to remotely monitor and diagnose complex equipment. There's a long list of companies with lots of dollars behind them that want to get started in this arena and don't know how. I suspect that this is soon going to be a hot area of consulting. Just look at what businesses like Axeda have been doing for the last 10 years if you want to see where industry is heading.
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- mwcampbell 13y ago
  > IMHO most real innovation is happening in the space between hw and sw (duino / pi / etc.). The idea that you can call yourself an "innovator" and only know software is quickly becoming quaint. On what basis do you make this claim? I don't think we've come close to exhausting the space of useful and interesting things that can be done in pure software on general-purpose computers.
  - dccoolgai 13y ago
    First, "IMHO" means "In my honest opinion"..so I wasn't claiming it as fact. But since you asked, the writing I'm seeing on the wall is a misto of the declining quality of sw startup ideas, the burgeoning of hw startups and the common sense to recognize that we are beating the dead horse of this one mode of sense and actuation a little too long..even PG said that he is looking more into hw (sorry no link). I'm a software guy; I wish it wasn't true, because it would be a lot more convenient for me - but I'm not going to pretend it isn't happening...I'm learning as much pi/duino/tronics as quickly as I can.
ISL 13y ago
Fear not, there are hardware lovers here too.

by evck 13y ago

I'd like to write more hw stuff for the HN audience. I'm curious if there's anything in particular that the HN community, who seem to be more sw focused, would like to see.

dccoolgai 13y ago

IMHO most real innovation is happening in the space between hw and sw (duino / pi / etc.). The idea that you can call yourself an "innovator" and only know software is quickly becoming quaint. I don't claim to speak for the HN community-at-large, but I'm interested in seeing anything in the vein of hw/sw synthesis like this.

evck 13y ago
Nice. Maybe my project to set up a bunch of open source toolchains for firmware development would be interesting then. Thanks for the feedback!
HeyLaughingBoy 13y ago
Real innovation is happening everywhere. Unfortunately, only the consumer-facing (and hobbyist) stuff gets covered here. Arduino, Raspi, etc. are interesting, but not technologically innovative. Their innovation is in addressing poorly-served markets: just as important, but not quite the same thing. The "internet of things" is interesting from a consumer perspective. I've been involved in it for a few years in terms of being able to remotely monitor and diagnose complex equipment. There's a long list of companies with lots of dollars behind them that want to get started in this arena and don't know how. I suspect that this is soon going to be a hot area of consulting. Just look at what businesses like Axeda have been doing for the last 10 years if you want to see where industry is heading.
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mwcampbell 13y ago
> IMHO most real innovation is happening in the space between hw and sw (duino / pi / etc.). The idea that you can call yourself an "innovator" and only know software is quickly becoming quaint. On what basis do you make this claim? I don't think we've come close to exhausting the space of useful and interesting things that can be done in pure software on general-purpose computers.
- dccoolgai 13y ago
  First, "IMHO" means "In my honest opinion"..so I wasn't claiming it as fact. But since you asked, the writing I'm seeing on the wall is a misto of the declining quality of sw startup ideas, the burgeoning of hw startups and the common sense to recognize that we are beating the dead horse of this one mode of sense and actuation a little too long..even PG said that he is looking more into hw (sorry no link). I'm a software guy; I wish it wasn't true, because it would be a lot more convenient for me - but I'm not going to pretend it isn't happening...I'm learning as much pi/duino/tronics as quickly as I can.

ISL 13y ago

Fear not, there are hardware lovers here too.