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Re: Ask HN: Favourite blogs?

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klenwell wrote: post #63
gandutraveler wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for sharing this. As someone who is transitioning from an IC to manager, I found several helpful posts. This transition is the most stressful thing I have experienced in my career. Do you have any other recommendations blogs/books ?

Two classics that helped me a lot: - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27140043-high-output-man... - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67825.Peopleware They don't go so much into the soft skills that are required and often the toughest part of the transition. That's where Alison Green's column (Ask A Manager) is great. (She's also written some books but I have not read them. I imagine they're great too.) I'd reco…

Thank you so much fot this! I had already started high output management. So far a great read.

Re: Ask HN: Favourite blogs?

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Post by wlonkly »

fuball63 wrote: post #3

Here are some I like: http://ftp.rodents-montreal.org/mouse/blah/ https://idlewords.com/ https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ https://slatestarcodex.com https://erasmatazz.com https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/

Oh wow, der Mouse! That's a name I haven't heard in decades. I remember giving him a bunch of old Sun hardware I'd "collected" (hoarded), when I left Montreal in the early 2000s. It was cool to see what he's been up to, thanks!

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Post by rocketpastsix »

Shared404 wrote: post #7

I check the following fairly frequently. https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/ -- An assortment of low/high tech cool things, with a bent towards environmental preservation. https://100r.co/site/home.html -- A blog by indie software developers who live on a boat. https://hackaday.com/ -- Self describes as "Fresh hacks every day". It's an accurate description. https://drewdevault.com/ -- A blog about FL/OSS software and…

I think https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/ is getting hugged to death right now.

Re: Ask HN: Favourite blogs?

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Post by Shared404 »

rocketpastsix wrote: post #74
Shared404 wrote: post #7

I check the following fairly frequently. https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/ -- An assortment of low/high tech cool things, with a bent towards environmental preservation. https://100r.co/site/home.html -- A blog by indie software developers who live on a boat. https://hackaday.com/ -- Self describes as "Fresh hacks every day". It's an accurate description. https://drewdevault.com/ -- A blog about FL/OSS software and…

I think https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/ is getting hugged to death right now.

It's quite possible it has been recently. I saw it linked a couple places in this thread.

It appears to be up now though.

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