Ask HN: Favorite blog in 2024?

Post by focusedone » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 3:44 AM UTC

Post by anotherevan » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 3:48 AM UTC

Titan2189 wrote: post #52

anotherevan wrote: post #50

https://brr.fyi/ - Blog posts from someone who spent over a year in the Antarctic. Lots of interesting details about how the infrastructure works and what life is like working there.

I recall the author identifying female somewhere in all of their posts, but couldn't find the source when I had a quick look. Might be misremembering...

Post by yen223 » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 4:42 AM UTC

davepeck wrote: post #14

I always enjoy reading Maggie Appleton's blog posts: https://maggieappleton.com And I always learn from the very deep signal processing fun on Absorptions: https://www.windytan.com

Post by chistev » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 5:13 AM UTC

Post by edanm » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 7:56 AM UTC

simonw wrote: post #48

funksta wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He actually addressed this recently: https://bsky.app/profile/simonwillison.net/post/3leuuhotnpk2... I will add a +1 to your recommendation as well, his blog has been my favourite way to keep up with the AI landscape over the last 18 months. Just the right level of detail and technical depth for me

Yeah, honestly the answer is mainly not having a proper job (I don't have anyone who can tell me how to spend my time) combined with constructive procrastination: I've not been making nearly as much progress on my main projects over the past couple of months because there's been way too much stuff I want to write about. I can write fast because I've been writing online for so long. Most short posts take about ten min…