Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?

#1

Post by newsoul » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 4:57 AM UTC

I am giving individual posts more weightage than a blog. You are free to mention the entire blog if you think everything there is worthwhile.

Mention some blog posts that you still remember for what it served to you.

One example may be this Mechanical Watch description: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

Re: Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?

#2

Post by ghgr » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 6:21 AM UTC

Playing to Win: https://www.alicemaz.com/writing/minecraft.html

A beautifully narrated real story about hacking the economy of Minecraft.

Re: Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?

#3

Post by asicsp » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 6:44 AM UTC

https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/03/08/tiny-programs/ - makes you fired up to do some projects

https://x.st/visual-sum-of-cubes/ - nice visualizations

https://dukope.com/devlogs/papers-please/mobile/ - amazing presentation of porting desktop game to phone

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#4

Post by rurcliped » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:02 AM UTC

https://blog.miki.it/2014/7/8/abusing-jsonp-with-rosetta-fla... (this was somewhat more exciting when Flash still existed)

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#5

Post by thr0wnawaytod4y » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:05 AM UTC

all my real oauth knowledge came from this https://labs.detectify.com/2022/07/06/account-hijacking-usin...

Re: Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?

#6

Post by reducesuffering » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:18 AM UTC

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

Is a classic for the combination of eloquent writing and inspecting how the world works.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/07/archipelago-and-atomic...

is underrated for its playful insight on governance.

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#7

Post by superdisk » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:23 AM UTC

https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/02/02/making-crash-ba...

Perennial classic.

Re: Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?

#8

Post by rado » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:28 AM UTC

The 100% correct way to do CSS breakpoints https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-100-correct-way-to-do-... Still needed 5 years later, yet ironically soon breakpoint will be gone

Re: Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?

#9

Post by jpnc » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:36 AM UTC

rado wrote: post #8

The 100% correct way to do CSS breakpoints https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-100-correct-way-to-do-... Still needed 5 years later, yet ironically soon breakpoint will be gone

> soon breakpoint will be gone

First I've heard of it. Any links? My search-fu seems to be lacking.

Re: Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?

#10

Post by bubblicious » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:42 AM UTC

whenever someone new arrives on the team and starts complaining about how terrible the codebase is, and how we should just rewrite everything: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...