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Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by akeck »

Lately, I've been reading through the "100 Rabbits" folks stuff:

https://100r.co/site/home.html

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/index.html

It's fascinating to see how dependent modern tech is on a constant, or at least semi-regular, internet connection for tokens, etc., and how that "model" fails completely on the open ocean.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by justinlilly »

ark__n wrote: post #117

Aside: how do you go about writing these blogs? As a new grad in CompSci, looking at all of the great details these blogs touch upon, is overwhelming

It's a mix of personal interest and seeking to develop an expertise. It's also a lot of discipline. I wrote more publicly in the early part of my career, but my writing is more company-internal these days.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by fsloth »

flakiness wrote: post #21
fsloth wrote: post #2

Bruce Dawson's https://randomascii.wordpress.com/ is excellent resource for obscure and complex details of native code and modern platforms.

+1! Do you have any other recommendations from Windows land who still stay active and relevant?

Sorry, nothing else in this genre comes to mind. There is always Agner Fog's optimization resources which are mind blowingly awesome if you worry about the performance of your C or C++ code like I do - his site is in https://www.agner.org/ and the optimization manuals are in https://www.agner.org/optimize/#manuals (I suggest starting from optimizing_cpp.pdf)

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by dcchambers »

Miscellaneous technical stuff:

- https://danluu.com/

- https://blog.jessfraz.com/

- https://adamwathan.me/

- https://jvns.ca/

- https://rachelbythebay.com/w/

- https://dankim.org/

- https://mtlynch.io/

- https://rgz.ee/

- https://markdotto.com/

- https://thorstenball.com/

- https://sarahdrasnerdesign.com/writing/

- https://lukesmith.xyz/ - Quirky minimalist linux & free software stuff. I don't agree with many of his opinions but his rants are entertaining + offer a refreshing view on certain things.

Non-technical:

- https://bernoid.com/

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?

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Post by alexpetralia »

littlestymaar wrote: post #79
MereInterest wrote: post #18

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.bl…

I clicked on this thread wondering how high in the comment section would his blog appear. I'm not disappointed.

I have wondered why a historian's blog ends up being a regular favorite on Hacker News. I would imagine because it is nearly surgical in its descriptions of technical and mechanical processes. He goes into granular step-by-step detail about how things work, both at a low-level and at a high-level. Not unlike the work of a programmer!
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