Please help me find better blogs to read • Hacker News Board

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by seumars » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:11 PM UTC

sitkack wrote: post #5

I'd recommend going to a library or bookstore. Esp one with literary magazines.

This is the only correct suggestion

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by mickeyp » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:11 PM UTC

My blog on emacs [1] is perhaps a bit too niche if you dislike emacs? I do write a lot about tree sitter, structured editing and movement in programming languages on it also.

[1] www.masteringemacs.org

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by aa-jv » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:11 PM UTC

Some obvious ones:

Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/ TwoStopBits: http://twostopbits.com Slashdot: https://slashdot.org (Yes, really...) Hackaday: https://hackaday.com

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by elicksaur » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:11 PM UTC

jmclnx wrote: post #6

There is a whole world out there, gemini and gopher, that has all kind of information. lynx works well with gopher and amfora for gemini. Plus on cell phones deedum also for gemini. some links: gopher://sdf.org/1/ gemini://sdf.org gemini://gem.sdf.org

A counter perspective by the maker of amfora (which appears to be in maintenance mode)

> After a lot of thinking, I’ve realized there is one main reason I don’t keep coming back to Gemini: it offers no advantage over how I already use the Web.

https://www.makeworld.space/2023/08/bye_gemini.html

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by elicksaur » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:12 PM UTC

aa-jv wrote: post #13

Some obvious ones: Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/ TwoStopBits: http://twostopbits.com Slashdot: https://slashdot.org (Yes, really...) Hackaday: https://hackaday.com

Not really blogs. More like HN alternatives.

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by boringg » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:12 PM UTC

smokel wrote: post #4

Have you tried reading books instead? Shaping thoughts typically takes a lot of time, and blogs may not be the best medium to find interesting information.

Agree with this - you lose maybe some of the moment in a book but you normally make up for it in depth if the writer is talented. Too much of the blog world is driven by current events as they constantly have to product to maintain readership.

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by xena » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:14 PM UTC

I blog a fair bit: https://xeiaso.net

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by xxwilli39xx » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:15 PM UTC

I built a website for discovering blog posts:

https://blogdrop.io/

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

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Post by popcar2 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 2:16 PM UTC

You may enjoy sites like Minifeed[1], Kagi's SmallWeb[2] and Wiby[3]. These are some neat sites that let you discover random blogs and personal sites and are very fun to sift through and read something interesting.

Since we're self-promoting, feel free to check out my blog too :) https://popcar.bearblog.dev/

[1]: https://minifeed.net/

[2]: https://kagi.com/smallweb

[3]: https://wiby.me/