MRmrec·Jun 12, 2025
Coincidentally, I discovered this glorious page literally five minutes ago:
https://github.com/SerenityOS/yaksplained?tab=readme-ov-file...
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yaksplained
OPEN SOURCE2022–2025
SerenityOS / yaksplained
yaksplained
All the SerenityOS Yaks, explained
2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
137GitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
All the SerenityOS Yaks, explained
GitHub
Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year2 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2022-10-10 18:08:35 UTC to 2025-06-12 22:09:53 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesI think there is more behind SerenityOS that elevates it above being just another OS project. They've attracted hundreds of contributors and have instilled a unique sense of culture within their community (as an example, going as far to devote an entire GitHub repository to documenting a list of "yak-shaving" yak emojis[1]).
I think that kind of social endeavor isn't something a lot of maintainers can accomplish, not even those with the skills to work on such a project all by themselves.
[1] https://github.com/SerenityOS/yaksplained
In The 4th Year of SerenityOS