Having read most of the posts for this subject, I got to thinking: wouldn't it be cool and beneficial to the HN community, if we tried to anticipate equipment price spikes? We tend to be electronic parts focused, so why not post trends as we see them.
Example: I, like I'm sure others did, saw the M.2 SSD prices starting to rise. Even though I didn't see the data center build up coming, I bought a small supply of SSDs. Unfortunately I didn't realize the future memory situation!
If this isn't cool with the Hacker News bylaws, I withdraw this idea :)
[−]Xenoamorphous · 2026-11-15 Sun 14:02 UTC ·
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Example: I, like I'm sure others did, saw the M.2 SSD prices starting to rise. Even though I didn't see the data center build up coming, I bought a small supply of SSDs. Unfortunately I didn't realize the future memory situation!
If this isn't cool with the Hacker News bylaws, I withdraw this idea :)