Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by lars » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:04 PM UTC

Daniel Lemire's blog is brilliant: https://lemire.me/blog/

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by holistio » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC

Wait But Why is what comes to mind without thinking.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by robmay » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC

Not sure if you mean "individuals" compared to companies or organizations, or actually just solo bloggers, so I'll include a few that have more than one individual author but are "personal".

https://marginalrevolution.com/ - on economics but so much else

https://avc.com/ - Fred has some of the best startup insights

https://abovethecrowd.com/ - Gurley doesn't blog much but when he does it's great

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by klaudius » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC

- https://greyenlightenment.com

- https://www.joelonsoftware.com

- https://meltingasphalt.com

- https://lukesmith.xyz/blog

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by Tepix » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC

Please add a one line description of the blog's URL/name and hopefully another line why you like it so much.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by ijames55 » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:07 PM UTC

Surprised I haven't seen https://www.swyx.io/ mentioned for articles in the JS world and general dev stuff

https://kentcdodds.com/ Is also great for JS, React especially testing opinions

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by zamalek » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:07 PM UTC

I've gotten out of the habit of checking blogs on the regular (which is a bad thing), but I do catch up on these when it crosses my mind:

- http://rachelbythebay.com/

- https://www.hanselman.com/blog/

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by MereInterest » Thu, May 27, 2021, 1:07 PM UTC

Bret Devereaux's https://acoup.blog/ is a fantastic weekly read. I was drawn in by some of the comparisons between Lord of the Rings and historical battle practices [0][1]. Right now, he's in the middle of a series on how Paradox Interactive games portray history, what things are accurate/inaccurate, and how to best connect with students whose interest in history was sparked by Paradox games [2].

[0] https://acoup.blog/category/collections/siege-of-gondor/

[1] https://acoup.blog/category/collections/the-battle-of-helms-...

[2] https://acoup.blog/category/collections/teaching-paradox/