Hacker Monthly Shuts Down

Thank you Lim Cheng Soon for all the hard work. I ran the same website for well over a decade and I know how it feels when creativity drops away. Consider passing the mantle to someone else to keep the publication going (if there is any interest), I did this and I don't regret it. After an apprentice period that person could then run it by themselves. That way your baby would get another shot at life even if you yourself don't feel like it any more.

I've been a print subscriber since May 2011 and I just wanted to say that my monthly issue of Hacker Monthly has consistently been a wonderful experience. The articles, the art, everything was very enjoyable. Thanks so much for having offered this service!

Have you considered an "Ask HN" where you solicit someone who is passionate about it to take over running it?

I&#x27;m sorry to hear that it&#x27;s closing down, hearing this for the first time. I get why you&#x27;re moving on.<p>Overall, I think there is still an opportunity for a &quot;best of HN&quot; publication, and I would probably subscribe if it wasn&#x27;t too expensive. I just think it would have to be an entirely online-based format, <i>maybe</i> with an optional PDF, but certainly not something that needs a dead tree version.

Thanks, it was a wonderful reading experience, and I always looked forward receiving my subscription at the beginning of each month. I was lucky to have 2 posts featured in the magazine (nums 11 and 14), and the layout, composition and all else related to it was great.<p>Good luck with your next project(s)!

I wod love to hear from the OP if he had explores transitioning, aka selling, this to someone. I think there is a market for the attention of people with money to spend, even in print magazines (especially in niche print magazines).<p>But maybe he explored it and didn&#x27;t find any takers, or maybe he doesn&#x27;t want to deal with the hassle of such a transition.<p>Would be nice to know.

That&#x27;s really sad. I loved the mag and it was my favourite read once a month. Good luck, I&#x27;m sure we&#x27;ll see something interesting from you in the future, you can discard the project you&#x27;ve lost the passion to, but you can&#x27;t discard the passion itself :-)

Best of luck on the next adventure!

&gt; Why? You might ask. The main reason is I’m not motivated anymore. To be more precise, I ran out of creative juices.<p>Perhaps now is the time to start &quot;hacking the brain&quot; :) Lots of good nootropic supplements to be tried that could boost creativity :)<p>Of course, I&#x27;m only joking.

Thank you so much! I was an ebook subscriber, and I was really sad to hear that it was no longer going to be around. I see your comment about open sourcing the template you have.<p>Will there be an archive of back issues available in press-ready PDF form?

never knew it existed until today

My friend and I just started hacker daily (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;hacker-daily" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;hacker-daily</a>) If you open source it we could potentially help out whoever picks up the mantle with content.

Damn it looks interesting. Wish that I have known it earlier.

A real shame. Hacker Monthly was a great product for the HN community and I&#x27;m going to miss it arriving in the post every month.<p>With that said, I think there&#x27;s still a healthy ecosystem of similar products. There was a post on the front page about a new newsletter that sent out one &quot;classic&quot; HN post a week, I think the article mentioned it was doing pretty well. Can&#x27;t remember its name though haha.

Thank you for HM. It was the first magazine I was published in. Always admired your creativity and drive to make it happen.

Is there a way to order a bundle with printed copies of multiple back-issues? Or do I have to buy them one-by-one on Magcloud for 9$ each?<p>I have the first 16 issues, which I bought all at once a few years ago, to lower shipping costs (I live in Europe).<p>I really liked Hacker Monthly and I&#x27;d love to have the other issues in a printed form :)

Out of curiosity, did Hacker Monthly print articles from the web? With permission of the source websites?

Thanks Lim for such an amazing work over the years. It was always a great experience to receive HM on the mail every month, and read (or re-read) the carefully selected articles.<p>Any plans to let old subscribers download the PDF for past issues? I should have done it before it expired.

What a shame, I didn&#x27;t know Hacker Monthly was even a thing until today. Now I want a subscription so badly.<p>A magazine of HN delivered to my door would be amazing! Wish I knew about it before, and I hope someone continues with it.

This is a bummer as I really love the idea and have bought quite a few issues. Super well done. But I completely understand the lack of creative juices after a while. Best of luck in your next venture.

Thank you!

&quot;I’m not motivated anymore. To be more precise, I ran out of creative juices. Somewhere down the road, I don’t feel that way anymore. That’s when I know I have to stop.&quot;

You should sell it instead of shutting it down. There would be someone that is interested in buying it. Sell it and its subscriber base on flippa.com or something.

Are there any similar quality publications around?

Thanks for making this -- any ideas what you are doing next?

Loved the magazine, good luck with your next endeavours!

Pay for things and they won&#x27;t get shut down.. they said

Why? You might ask. The main reason is I’m not motivated anymore. To be more precise, I ran out of creative juices.<p>Such a terrible excuse! Society today has this idea that they should only work on things that are their calling or truly make them happy! Outsource some of the boring work, grind out a few hours a week and collect your easy paycheque. Millions of people would do anything to make such easy money instead of slaving away at a real &quot;boring&quot; job for minimum wage.<p>What a shame on so many different levels.