Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by groundbreaker » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:06 PM UTC

think about afterlife

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by nader » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:19 PM UTC

"Don't half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing", i.e. "Kill early and often, keeping it alive is not good enough":

http://bondero.com/kill-early-and-often-startup-methodology

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by caisah » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:22 PM UTC

stiff wrote: post #9

Mostly not blog posts, but for the last years I tend to revisit the same resources over and over again for inspiration: - "You and your research" by Hamming, and his video lectures which expand on topics in the original talk: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 - "On teaching mathematics" by V. I. Arnold: http://pauli.uni-muenster.de/~muns…

I just wanted to say "You and your research" by Hamming. Awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1zDuOPkMSw

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by wellboy » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:26 PM UTC

"It's time to grow up, fuck no" http://appreneur-diaries.com/its-time-to-grow-up-fuck-no

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by Sandman » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:33 PM UTC

Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by 3stripe » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:40 PM UTC

How to be the luckiest guy in the planet, in 4 easy steps

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/02/how-to-be-the-luckiest-...

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by dschiptsov » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:50 PM UTC

http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

Re: Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?

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Post by evolve2k » Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 12:54 PM UTC

"POOR, POOR CHILD. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. Programming is Hard" http://writing.bryanwoods4e.com/1-poor-poor-child

A brilliant article which lets you know that coding is hard cause it's hard not cause you are stupid and that something can be hard and fun at the same time.

I share this with every new coder I help out.