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Ask HN: What are good solo developer blogs that you enjoy reading?

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Re: Ask HN: What are good solo developer blogs that you enjoy reading?

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www.yegor256.com

Ah, yeah. I’ve met Yegor. Charismatic, but has some incredibly stupid opinions.

His latest post for example explains that if you ask your boss what you should be working on next, you are a loser.

I would never call any of my employees a “loser”.

If your boss thinks of you as a loser, you should fire your boss.

Re: Ask HN: What are good solo developer blogs that you enjoy reading?

#46
Small Cult Following, for Rust core language development: http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/ It's far from a solo project but he presents unique insights into the language. I personally really enjoyed his discussion of associated type constructors and high-kinded types, a series back in 2016(!), back when I started toying with Rust and somewhat frustrated by the lack of HKT.

Re: Ask HN: What are good solo developer blogs that you enjoy reading?

#47
Here's a good one: https://susam.in/

Stumbled on this when his domain was hijacked accidentally due to an anti-botnet operation and his post about it came on HN (check the "Sinkholed" post). Since then I've subscribed to his blog, read the older posts and enjoyed the newer posts too.

He mostly posts about technology and mathematics. The reason why I got hooked to this blog is that they are mostly about offbeat topics that I wouldn't normally come across on my own. So there is something new to learn from every post. And they are very well written with great attention to detail.

Re: Ask HN: What are good solo developer blogs that you enjoy reading?

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post #22

I used to read Joel's Joel on Software a lot. Also, Graham's . Another hidden jewel is the Elias Daler's blog. Edit: I have to add Steve Corona's blog to the list. He's more on the motivation and guidance side. Everyone gonna hear and read stories about people getting straight out of their college with a six-figure job, working for SV startups. But the truth is, you're more likely to struggle, a lot, specially if you…

Do you have the link to those that you've mentioned?

Really easy to find with a quick search:

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/

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

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