Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by s3nnyy » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:05 PM UTC

Here my own newsletter on tech, coding and careers: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/coderfit/

My motivation to starting one was that most programmers focus too much on the technical details ("get better at Python") and too little on the factors related to career growth or money ("how and when do i ask my boss for a raise?").

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by apropostate » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:07 PM UTC

srik wrote: post #2

Couple non-technical ones off the top of my head - Dense Discovery https://www.densediscovery.com Daily Stoic https://dailystoic.com

The daily stoic has been incredibly useful in keeping myself on track ever since I discovered it. Other helpful resources: the YouTube channel "Einzelgänger".

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by kilimchoi » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:11 PM UTC

I'm running a free newsletter where I send you a coding interview question & solution everyday. https://hhcodinginterviewprep.substack.com/

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by javiramos » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:20 PM UTC

I really enjoy The Prepared (https://theprepared.org/newsletter)

It is a newsletter broadly about engineering and manufacturing.

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by dccoolgai » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:21 PM UTC

Webplatformdaily is run by a guy who does a great job curating. I can say it's made me more aware of Web issues and better at my job. If you pitch like 3/month at the patreon you get a weekly newsletter with short editorial content. Def worth it if you work around the Web.

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by weeksie » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:26 PM UTC

javiramos wrote: post #64

I really enjoy The Prepared ( https://theprepared.org/newsletter ) It is a newsletter broadly about engineering and manufacturing.

Nice. I clicked on this thread with the intention of posting the Prepared. Spencer's rad.

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by CalChris » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

Nightwatch set the standard in open source news analysis. However John McCreary passed in 2019 and it is no more.

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by andys627 » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:55 PM UTC

The Overhead Wire which is about transit, cities, architecture, traffic, built environment: https://theoverheadwire.com/subscriptions/

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by dangoor » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 3:56 PM UTC

https://www.recomendo.com Recomendo gives a weekly brief collection of recommendations and most weeks I find something really interesting in there. For example: this week, they mentioned battery adapters for tools, which is a useful thing I hadn't heard of before.

Re: Ask HN: What are the underrated newsletters you like reading?

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Post by Jefro118 » Sun, Feb 09, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

Jefro118 wrote: post #36

I'll just add a plug for my own newsletter because I like it and it's relevant to some of the HN audience: https://sourcesort.com . It's interviews with open source maintainers and developers. The interviews vary a bit in length and quality but I learned quite a lot from conducting and editing them and I hope they're interesting to some others too. I think there's still a lot of improvement to be done but given the l…

Update: today's interview here: https://www.sourcesort.com/interview/alyssa-rosenzweig-panfr...