Hack A Day is an online hacking site that provides visitors with information about how to modify their electronics and appliances at home. The site has a blog format, displaying the newest submitted hacks, and also offers links to other parts of the site to allow users to navigate the available hacks easily, as well as guides on picking the right materials to work with for their hacks. As the name suggests, at least one hack is added each day, which has created a large number of available hacks.
Each post offers a hack done by the site owners or users, and may include a how-to for users to perform the hack themselves. The how-to guides are picture tutorials accompanied with text, so visitors to view what the middle stages of their project should look like, to try and ensure success of the hack. In addition, Hack A Day offers numerous tool reviews to help readers make the best purchasing decisions for the projects they are planning to do. Hack A Day also offers part guides to help their users work with the best possible materials for their hacks. Finally, Hack A Day runs a twitter so followers can learn about new projects as they are discovered.