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Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

#53
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.

If someone scraped those for the sites that are posted and arranged based on number of submissions, comments, upvotes etc. and layer on a bit of ML to classify then you'd have a reasonable blog directory. OP would probably benefit if people posted their OPML files but that does feel a bit personal.

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

#54
post #3

Check out Substack to discover writers who have blogs.

Since substack came out with their alternative to tweets, the website looks a lot less interesting. How does one find new, interesting authors these days (not just people with lots of activity on their short form notes)?

I don’t go on the side of the tweets

It’s just easy to topically find authors, read their Substack which is usually more newsletter style, which in turn can link to their blog

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

#55
post #12

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

Thanks for the blog. Your book was an excellent starting point for me getting into emacs (vim for 7 years before) and your articles contains solid tips. I usually reread some of the articles as my understanding of emacs deepens.

Thanks for your kind words!

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

#57
post #28

There are enormous amount of aggregators who compile blogs and articles across the web. As a person who looks for new things to read, this is how I get my fresh feeds. 1. Mozilla Firefox Start Page - Shows blogs and articles from Pocket 2. Google Chrome Discover [Mobile] - Tuned to my interest and search result 3. HackerNews - Of-course not to be missed 4. daily.dev - using it for 450+ days, its fresh and aggregates…

> 4. daily.dev - using it for 450+ days, its fresh and aggregates various format contents Strange signup form they have. Never been asked for "Original Language" before, not sure what it means. Shouldn't it be just "Language"? Why does the first language you spoke matter? The form validation is also broken, saying there is a incorrect character in the username when the actual error is that it's too short. The error m…

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Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

#58
post #56

https://blogsystem5.substack.com/about https://www.twoscomplement.org/#podcast The latter includes full text transcripts so I think it fits your spec

Thanks for the Blog System/5 plug! This is the first time I see my own publication recommended in one of these threads without me bringing it up :)

Re: Please help me find better blogs to read

#60
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.

I read 40-50 pages on a daily basis. This was to stop scrolling LinkedIn and X. Thank you for the suggestion, I absolutely agree with this
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