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Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by wyclif »

johnmorrison wrote: post #15

These are my two favorite blogs of Q4`19: Pat Collison [1] (Co-founder, CEO Stripe) doesn't blog often, but is one of the most interesting and insightful people I have ever read I don't know much about Alexey Guzey [2] yet, but he also has some very good posts (he writes more often and more long form, and is more similar to Gwern and SSC, in part because I think those two blogs have influenced him heavily) [1] https:…

It's a shame neither of those blogs provide RSS. I'm not sure why. It's a trivial thing to do for your readers.

Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by monoideism »

icebraining wrote: post #21

Two tech blogs of which I read every post: http://www.windytan.com/ - Oona Räisänen - great hacker of signal-related stuff (audio, video, wireless, etc), graphics, and more. https://syonyk.blogspot.com/ - a lot of hacking around batteries, off-grid energy, and teardowns and repairs of various devices. Non-tech related, Ken White at https://www.popehat.com/ can be quite funny, though he hasn't been posting as much lat…

Agreed that windytan is awesome.

Another highly-technical blogger that I’ve enjoyed has been Ken Shirriff’s: https://www.righto.com/ Mostly focused on microcontrollers and vintage computing, but with other stuff mixed in (he did a great series in understanding the technical side of Bitcoin, although he’s definitely not a “cryptocurrency enthusiast”).

I’ll have to checkout out syonyk.

Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by TheAsprngHacker »

A blog that I recently discovered is the Sakuga Blog, which analyzes the process of anime production, the works of individual animators, and the state of the anime industry. The blog is very nuanced and has led me to better appreciate the artistic qualities of anime.

The Sakuga Blog is a publication of Sakugabooru, a booru (image board, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageboard#Danbooru-style_boar...) that collects the works of animators.

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/

Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by kens »

monoideism wrote: post #52
icebraining wrote: post #21

Two tech blogs of which I read every post: http://www.windytan.com/ - Oona Räisänen - great hacker of signal-related stuff (audio, video, wireless, etc), graphics, and more. https://syonyk.blogspot.com/ - a lot of hacking around batteries, off-grid energy, and teardowns and repairs of various devices. Non-tech related, Ken White at https://www.popehat.com/ can be quite funny, though he hasn't been posting as much lat…

Agreed that windytan is awesome. Another highly-technical blogger that I’ve enjoyed has been Ken Shirriff’s: https://www.righto.com/ Mostly focused on microcontrollers and vintage computing, but with other stuff mixed in (he did a great series in understanding the technical side of Bitcoin, although he’s definitely not a “cryptocurrency enthusiast”). I’ll have to checkout out syonyk.

Thanks for the nice comment about my blog!

Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by gregdoesit »

Tech blogs I follow (and one I write): - Irrational Exuberance![1] by Will Larson (ex Digg, Uber, Stripe) - focuses on engineering management

- Hillel Wayne’s blog [2] - software engineering and formal methods

- The Pragmatic Engineer [3] - software engineering & tech lead topics, written by myself

[1] https://lethain.com/

[2] https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/

[3] https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/

Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by andykx »

flipactual wrote: post #13

ribbonfarm - a longform blog devoted to unusual takes on both familiar and new themes. What we call “refactored perception.” https://www.ribbonfarm.com/ meaningness - Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value. https://meaningness.com/ Whereas sites like SSC and LessWrong are rationalist, both of these suggestions are predo…

meaningness seems really interesting, thanks for sharing!

Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by bayonetz »

flipactual wrote: post #13

ribbonfarm - a longform blog devoted to unusual takes on both familiar and new themes. What we call “refactored perception.” https://www.ribbonfarm.com/ meaningness - Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value. https://meaningness.com/ Whereas sites like SSC and LessWrong are rationalist, both of these suggestions are predo…

Meaningness is great. Thanks for that. Such deep concepts expressed so clearly with so few words.

Re: Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow?

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Post by joseph2342 »

flipactual wrote: post #13

ribbonfarm - a longform blog devoted to unusual takes on both familiar and new themes. What we call “refactored perception.” https://www.ribbonfarm.com/ meaningness - Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value. https://meaningness.com/ Whereas sites like SSC and LessWrong are rationalist, both of these suggestions are predo…

What is post-rational. His blogs are mostly support right wing views, religion. Is that what you meant by post-rational ?
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