Ask HN: Any (tech) black friday deals you'd recommend?

44 pointsrwol6y ago18 comments

Doing post-thanksgiving shopping and thought the HN folk might have some cool gift ideas and deal-hunting strategies to share.

Preferably tech-related since this is HN, but really anything that improves your life / others would be great to hear about.

18 comments

fyp6y ago

If you're building a PC, I suggest pcpartpicker.com for comparisons and checking historical prices.

The really good deals (along comments about caveats that aren't apparent from specs) will usually show up on https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales or https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc

rwolOP6y ago

I've been watching /r/buildapcsales like a hawk for graphics card deals. Can't decide if I'll pull the trigger on a sub $300 5700 or 5700 xt, or wait until ~summer 2020 for the Navi 2.0 release since I barely game anyway.

dynamicdox6y ago

I just bought a pc that has a 5700xt and I love it so far. Handles all games flawlessly on high settings

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jivings6y ago

https://cashnotify.com/

An OSX menubar app that alerts you when Stripe & Paypal payments come in. I personally use this everyday and it's awesome.

34% discount with the code BLACK19 making it only $6.46

supacruz6y ago

Hey, (one of the) CashNotify maker here. Thanks for the mention @jivings!

Just to say that base price starts from $19, so 34% off (coupon BLACK19) makes it $12.54. Also, the app is available both macOS + Windows.

Hit me if you have any questions!

jivings6y ago

Oh yes I misread it, the total discount was $6.46 making the new total $12.54 :)

dmitripopov6y ago

My product came out of my own pains of providing end user documentation and tech support, so how can I not recommend it? 50% off BFCM. Here's a post that summarizes my work, at least partially: https://www.helpinator.com/blog/2019/09/18/recommended-readi...

seanwilson6y ago

30% off the first year of yearly plans for Checkbot for Chrome: https://www.checkbot.io/

It's a Chrome extension that tests 100s of pages at a time for web best practices to help you improve the SEO, speed and security of your site. Has a 4.9/5 average review score.

I'm the author though so I'm bias. ;)

crghilardi6y ago

I have had my eye on LinuxAcademy for learning cloud tech. https://linuxacademy.com/blog/announcements/why-black-friday...

bharani_m6y ago

50% Off on EmailThis Lifetime Plan - https://www.emailthis.me/lifetime-premium/black-friday

EmailThis helps you save ad-free articles & web pages to your email inbox.

eric_khun6y ago

https://leavemealone.app

Using it and recommending it: unsubscribe to emails with one click. Also Privacy-focused.

50% off all packages with the BLACK_FRIDAY code!

vinrob926y ago

We are having a Black Friday deal at ManyPixels: https://manypixels.co/black-friday

jhymn6y ago

DNA kits for Ancestry.com and MyHeritage are half price. MyHeritage also has genetic risk/carrier status report + DNA matching kit that's also 50 percent off.

knobli6y ago

Shodan.io and PentesterLab deals if you are into Cyber Security

methusala86y ago

If anyone has any good deals to suggest on Deep Learning/Machine learning courses then, that would be helpful.

cdnsteve6y ago

Books:

- Apress ebooks for $7

- Manning ebooks 50% off when you spend $50

- Packt Pub $10 ebooks

copperx6y ago

Any recommendations from those publishers? Any well-known books?

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18 comments

fyp6y ago

If you're building a PC, I suggest pcpartpicker.com for comparisons and checking historical prices.

The really good deals (along comments about caveats that aren't apparent from specs) will usually show up on https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales or https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc

rwolOP6y ago

dynamicdox6y ago

I just bought a pc that has a 5700xt and I love it so far. Handles all games flawlessly on high settings

1 more reply

jivings6y ago

https://cashnotify.com/

An OSX menubar app that alerts you when Stripe & Paypal payments come in. I personally use this everyday and it's awesome.

34% discount with the code BLACK19 making it only $6.46

supacruz6y ago

Hey, (one of the) CashNotify maker here. Thanks for the mention @jivings!

Just to say that base price starts from $19, so 34% off (coupon BLACK19) makes it $12.54. Also, the app is available both macOS + Windows.

Hit me if you have any questions!

jivings6y ago

Oh yes I misread it, the total discount was $6.46 making the new total $12.54 :)

dmitripopov6y ago

seanwilson6y ago

30% off the first year of yearly plans for Checkbot for Chrome: https://www.checkbot.io/

It's a Chrome extension that tests 100s of pages at a time for web best practices to help you improve the SEO, speed and security of your site. Has a 4.9/5 average review score.

I'm the author though so I'm bias. ;)

crghilardi6y ago

I have had my eye on LinuxAcademy for learning cloud tech. https://linuxacademy.com/blog/announcements/why-black-friday...

bharani_m6y ago

50% Off on EmailThis Lifetime Plan - https://www.emailthis.me/lifetime-premium/black-friday

EmailThis helps you save ad-free articles & web pages to your email inbox.

eric_khun6y ago

https://leavemealone.app

Using it and recommending it: unsubscribe to emails with one click. Also Privacy-focused.

50% off all packages with the BLACK_FRIDAY code!

vinrob926y ago

We are having a Black Friday deal at ManyPixels: https://manypixels.co/black-friday

jhymn6y ago

DNA kits for Ancestry.com and MyHeritage are half price. MyHeritage also has genetic risk/carrier status report + DNA matching kit that's also 50 percent off.

knobli6y ago

Shodan.io and PentesterLab deals if you are into Cyber Security

methusala86y ago

If anyone has any good deals to suggest on Deep Learning/Machine learning courses then, that would be helpful.

cdnsteve6y ago

Books:

- Apress ebooks for $7

- Manning ebooks 50% off when you spend $50

- Packt Pub $10 ebooks

copperx6y ago

Any recommendations from those publishers? Any well-known books?

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