Writings that are worth sharing.
A curated gallery of architecture diagrams and technical specifications for major LLMs, from GPT-2 to DeepSeek and Qwen, covering dense, sparse mixture-of-experts, and hybrid attention designs.
Sebastian Raschka · sebastianraschka.com
A New Yorker essay on the strange challenges of baking in Antarctica, where altitude, dryness, and extreme cold transform familiar recipes into unpredictable experiments.
newyorker.com
A researcher's perspective on conducting impactful work, covering the role of luck, taste in problem selection, thorough execution, and clear writing in producing research that gets recognized.
Nicholas Carlini · nicholas.carlini.com
Argues that traditional code reviews are becoming obsolete as AI-generated code scales, proposing that human oversight should shift upstream to reviewing specifications and acceptance criteria before code generation.
latent.space
Makes the case that regularly hosting people at home is easier, cheaper, and more effective at building real connections than meeting at restaurants or bars.
Matt Glassman · blog.mattglassman.net
A former Block employee's account of how the company's AI-driven layoffs played out in practice, arguing the reality was more about cost cutting than genuine AI replacement of human work.
nytimes.com
Reuters reports that OpenAI is building its own developer platform to compete with GitHub, potentially challenging Microsoft's dominance in code hosting and AI-assisted development tools.
reuters.com
A minimalist 200-line Python implementation that demonstrates the complete algorithmic essence of training and running a GPT language model, from tokenization through the transformer architecture to text generation.
Andrej Karpathy · karpathy.github.io
A New Yorker report on how climate change is making air turbulence more frequent and severe, with implications for passenger safety and the future of commercial aviation.
newyorker.com
Argues that while AI has reduced the cost of building software, organizations have lost the ability to understand their own systems, and that comprehension rather than speed must become the foundation of modern engineering.
eversole.dev
A practical guide to running multiple AI coding agents in parallel using tmux sessions and Markdown specification files to coordinate their work without conflicts.
schipper.ai
Introduces MIM (Module Infrastructure-Module Application Architecture), a design approach that separates business logic from infrastructure code as a simpler alternative to Clean, Hexagonal, or Onion architectures.
codingfox.net.pl
Documents 8.4 months of using GrapheneOS on a Pixel Fold as a daily driver, covering app compatibility, system improvements, and the new Motorola hardware partnership.
Matthew Brunelle · blog.matthewbrunelle.com
A build log of assembling a tiny Macintosh computer using a Raspberry Pi Pico that boots classic Mac OS System 5.3 with a VGA display and USB keyboard support.
Jeff Geerling · jeffgeerling.com
An open source maintainer describes how SEO spam and copycat sites are outranking the official project page in search results, making it harder for users to find the real thing.
twitter.com
A thought experiment exploring what happens when LLMs are placed in charge of nuclear command-and-control decisions, examining the risks of AI escalation in military contexts.
Chris Clapham · chrisclapham.com
Reports on key departures from Alibaba's Qwen AI team, raising questions about whether internal restructuring is undermining one of China's most capable open-source AI research groups.
venturebeat.com
A paper by Donald Knuth analyzing cycle structures in Claude Shannon's mathematical work, connecting information theory to combinatorial mathematics.
Donald Knuth · www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu
Argues that “it turns out” is a rhetorical trick that lets writers present unsupported claims as settled discoveries, creating a false impression of careful research.
James Somers · jsomers.net
A step-by-step guide from Unsloth for fine-tuning the Qwen 3.5 language model, covering dataset preparation, training configuration, and deployment.
unsloth.ai
A collection of best practices and techniques for using AI coding agents effectively, covering prompt design, task decomposition, and verification strategies for producing high-quality software.
Simon Willison · simonwillison.net
A playful web app that lets users place bets on whether Deutsche Bahn trains will arrive on time, turning Germany's notorious rail delays into a game.
bahn.bet
The creator of Lean argues that as AI generates more of the world's software, formal verification tools become essential for ensuring correctness in code that no human has reviewed.
Leonardo de Moura · leodemoura.github.io
Argues that product managers should code not to ship production features but to communicate ideas better, understand systems, run experiments, and build evaluation frameworks for AI work.
Daniel McKinnon · ddmckinnon.com
Argues against taking an engineering manager role in 2026, citing rapid technological change, fewer advancement opportunities from organizational flattening, and higher compensation in staff engineer roles.
Anton Zaides · newsletter.manager.dev
GrapheneOS announces full support for alternative operating systems on Motorola devices, with plans to release hardened firmware and driver builds independently.
grapheneos.social
A headless CMS that treats geographic location as a core architectural principle, enabling spatial queries via PostGIS and providing a map-based admin interface for location-aware content.
islets.app
Challenges the pressure to adopt generative AI for everything, arguing that it produces low-quality output, creates unhealthy dependencies on paid services, and erodes craftsmanship.
Scott Smitelli · scottsmitelli.com
Explores how rapid AI adoption is creating new psychological conditions, from AI anxiety and dependency syndrome to parasocial attachment to chatbots, as people struggle to adapt faster than the technology evolves.
computerworld.com
Draws on philosopher Hans Jonas's ethics of responsibility to argue that AI should augment human capabilities rather than replace them, since people still hold irreplaceable strengths in strategy and social intuition.
xfive.co
A Guardian feature on the science and social benefits of talking to strangers, with practical advice on starting conversations and building unexpected connections.
theguardian.com
The Guardian reports on Iran launching hundreds of Shahed drones at targets across the Middle East, marking a significant escalation in regional conflict.
theguardian.com
A reflection on returning to the Mac platform after time away, exploring what has changed and what still makes Apple's desktop ecosystem distinct.
take.surf
Reports on workers using Meta's AI-enabled smart glasses raising privacy alarms, with employees describing how the always-on cameras capture everything around them.
svd.se
A humorous collection of real answers people submitted on U.S. government security clearance forms, ranging from brutally honest to absurd.
milk.com
Bunny.net introduces a managed SQL database service designed for simplicity, requiring no configuration or infrastructure management to get started.
bunny.net
The creator of Rust argues that text is the most durable, portable, and powerful medium for computing, outlasting every proprietary format and graphical interface.
Graydon Hoare · graydon2.dreamwidth.org
An interactive browser-based simulation that teaches how fiber optic cable splicing works, letting you practice the technique virtually.
react-networks-lib.rackout.net
The story of how activists broke into an FBI office in 1971 and stole documents that exposed COINTELPRO, the FBI's secret program to surveil and disrupt domestic political organizations.
monthlyreview.org
A first-person account from 1997 about receiving a job offer too good to turn down, exploring the tension between loyalty to a current employer and a life-changing opportunity.
Jens Alfke · jens.mooseyard.com
Makes the case that functional programming concepts like algebraic data types and immutability are practical requirements for building reliable critical infrastructure, not academic luxuries.
blog.rastrian.dev
Traces how digital tools originally built for communication were gradually captured by entertainment incentives, turning every messaging platform into an attention-harvesting feed.
Ploum · ploum.net
A developer's annual roundup of the best books, programming languages, talks, and ideas encountered in 2025.
Fogus · blog.fogus.me
Oaktree Capital's Howard Marks examines whether current market conditions constitute a bubble, applying his framework for identifying speculative excess and unsustainable valuations.
Howard Marks · oaktreecapital.com
Argues that the best software is not just functional but emotionally resonant, and that developers should approach their work with the same intentionality as artists and designers.
rapha.land
A New Yorker profile of an Inuit hunter whose traditional way of life is disappearing as Arctic ice melts and polar bear populations shift with the changing climate.
newyorker.com
An NBC News poll showing a dramatic shift in American attitudes toward higher education, with a majority now viewing four-year degrees as not worth the financial investment.
nbcnews.com
A short reflection on persistence, arguing that most bets, projects, and attempts will fail, but you only need one success to justify the effort.
alearningaday.blog
Argues that most organizational failures trace back to broken processes rather than bad people, and that fixing the system matters more than blaming individuals.
its.promp.td
An open-source backend bundled into a single executable file, providing a realtime database, user authentication, file storage, and an admin dashboard with zero configuration.
pocketbase.io
Black Forest Labs announces FLUX.2, the next generation of their image generation model, pushing the frontier of visual intelligence with improved quality and control.
bfl.ai
In a podcast interview, Ilya Sutskever argues that the era of simply scaling up models is ending and the next breakthroughs will come from fundamental research innovations.
Dwarkesh Patel · dwarkesh.com
A follow-up documenting how earlier critiques about YouTube's UI accessibility and readability problems have come to pass exactly as predicted.
jayd.ml
Presents a framework for balancing ego, empathy, and humility in professional settings, arguing that the right mix of all three is what makes effective leaders.
matthogg.fyi
An analysis of McMaster-Carr's legendarily fast and functional industrial supply website, examining the design decisions that make it one of the best e-commerce experiences despite breaking every modern web convention.
bedelstein.com
An open-source programming language for parametric CAD, letting users write code that generates 2D sketches and 3D models as an alternative to graphical CAD tools.
microcad.xyz
A personal essay about discovering a trove of love letters after a father's death, revealing a private tenderness that reframed the author's understanding of their parent.
jenn.site
Argues that the current wave of engineering management best practices is a fad, and that lasting effectiveness comes from adapting to context rather than following prescriptive frameworks.
lethain.com
Meta AI introduces SAM 3D, extending the Segment Anything model to generate 3D reconstructions from 2D images of real-world scenes.
ai.meta.com
A whimsical Google experiment that applies simulated zero-gravity physics to the browser page, sending all page elements floating and bouncing off screen edges.
antigravity.google
An APA study examining the relationship between short-form video consumption and cognitive and mental health outcomes, measuring effects on attention, memory, and psychological wellbeing.
psycnet.apa.org
Google announces Gemini 3, the latest generation of its multimodal AI model family with expanded capabilities across text, code, image, and video understanding.
blog.google
A detailed account of building a high-performance, energy-efficient home from the ground up, covering insulation, HVAC, and building science decisions.
dan.bulwinkle.net
Practical advice for maintaining mental clarity and personal values in a culture that rewards outrage, hustle, and performative extremism.
joanwestenberg.com
Researchers uncover the astronomical methods Maya civilizations used to accurately predict solar and lunar eclipses centuries in advance without telescopes.
sciencealert.com
Google introduces Nano Banana Pro, a compact and efficient AI model designed for on-device inference on mobile and edge hardware.
blog.google
Google's testing blog explains the 'functional core, imperative shell' pattern for writing simpler, more testable code by separating pure logic from side effects.
testing.googleblog.com
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth argues that identity is defined by actions rather than intentions, and that what you do consistently is who you actually are.
Andrew Bosworth · boz.com
A free browser-based tool for measuring distances and areas on a map, converting between geographic coordinate formats, and working with geo data.
geoutil.com
Reports that extreme weather events in the U.S. caused over $100 billion in damage by June alone, setting new records for climate-related destruction.
livescience.com
A research paper presenting Paper2video, a system that automatically generates narrated video summaries from scientific papers using multimodal AI.
arxiv.org
A developer shares how AI coding agents have transformed their workflow, describing specific use cases and the productivity gains from agent-assisted development.
blog.fsck.com
An open-source project from UCAR providing designs and instructions for building low-cost, 3D-printed automatic weather stations for climate monitoring.
3dpaws.comet.ucar.edu
Laments how modern consumer electronics have converged on identical black rectangles, abandoning the bold industrial design and material experimentation of earlier decades.
hackaday.com
A fire destroyed South Korea's government cloud storage system, and officials discovered that no backup copies of the data existed.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
Dan Luu argues that individual contributors have outsized impact on organizational outcomes, countering the management theory that systems matter more than people.
Dan Luu · danluu.com
A curated list of software engineering essays that shaped the author as a developer, with commentary on why each one mattered.
refactoringenglish.com
A reflection on how sustained effort in a direction, even when results are uncertain, shapes identity and creates meaning over time.
weakty.com
Explains how to get better at skills faster by increasing the variety and frequency of practice contexts rather than just logging more hours.
indiehackers.com
Argues that engineers who avoid workplace politics end up losing influence over the decisions that affect their work, and that engaging strategically is a professional skill.
terriblesoftware.org
Smithsonian gains rare access to Cormac McCarthy's personal library, revealing the breadth of his intellectual interests from physics to philosophy.
smithsonianmag.com
Encourages developers to write straightforward, obvious code instead of clever abstractions, arguing that simple code is easier to maintain and debug.
spikepuppet.io
A meta-analysis of 2.2 million people finds that loneliness increases mortality risk by 32%, comparable to the health effects of smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
lightcapai.medium.com
Questions the expectation that every hobby must be documented and shared online, making the case for private leisure without an audience.
neilzone.co.uk
An interactive visualization comparing Hollywood films to the true events they claim to depict, scoring each scene for factual accuracy.
informationisbeautiful.net
Explores what 'good taste' means in software engineering, arguing it is the ability to make sound technical judgments that balance competing concerns.
Sean Goedecke · seangoedecke.com
A curated gallery of unconventional and experimental web design, collecting sites that break standard layout and interaction conventions.
loadmo.re
Examines the decline of YMCA-style affordable urban housing and draws parallels to Japanese internet cafes as a modern substitute for cheap short-term accommodation.
governance.fyi
A call to bring back the qualities of the early web: personal homepages, blogrolls, webrings, and websites built for expression rather than engagement metrics.
stevedylandev.bearblog.dev
Tests whether a machine learning model trained on satellite imagery can actually detect bramble patches on the ground, with field validation of the results.
toao.com
Google releases improved versions of Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite with better performance across benchmarks while maintaining fast inference speeds.
developers.googleblog.com
IEEE Spectrum's annual ranking of the most popular programming languages in 2025, based on job listings, GitHub activity, and search trends.
spectrum.ieee.org
Argues that Product Hunt has lost its relevance as a launch platform for indie makers, replaced by social media and direct community distribution.
sedimental.org
Apache Sedona introduces SedonaDB, a single-node analytical database engine written in Rust with geospatial operations as first-class DataFrame primitives.
sedona.apache.org
Docker Hub experienced a major outage affecting container image pulls worldwide, disrupting CI/CD pipelines and deployments across the industry.
dockerstatus.com
Wasmer demonstrates running Python at the edge using WebAssembly, enabling fast, sandboxed Python execution without traditional server infrastructure.
wasmer.io
Terence Tao observes that small organizations and independent researchers play a diminishing role in society as institutions consolidate resources and attention.
Terence Tao · mathstodon.xyz
Argues that React dominates frontend development not because it is the best framework but because it won by default through ecosystem momentum, slowing innovation in the process.
lorenstew.art
A neuroscience study showing that depression reduces the brain capacity to learn from negative experiences and actively avoid aversive outcomes.
eneuro.org
Argues that complaints about AI-generated content lacking taste are hollow when most human-produced content was already mediocre before AI existed.
matthewsanabria.dev
Practical techniques for overcoming resistance to unpleasant but necessary tasks, based on understanding the psychology of avoidance.
ashleyjanssen.com
Makes the case for boring technology, boring design, and boring business decisions, arguing that predictability is an undervalued competitive advantage.
jenson.org
A developer explains why KDE Plasma became their preferred Linux desktop environment after trying several alternatives, citing customization and stability.
kokada.dev
A practical set of visual design rules that help developers create clean, professional-looking user interfaces without formal design training.
weberdominik.com
George Hotz shares his perspective on AI-assisted coding, discussing what works, what doesn't, and how developers should adapt their workflows.
George Hotz · geohot.github.io
Ancient DNA analysis solves a longstanding mystery about the Plague of Justinian, revealing new details about the pathogen and rewriting pandemic history.
phys.org
A guide for open-source maintainers on how to decline feature requests, reject pull requests, and set boundaries without burning out or alienating contributors.
jlowin.dev
Reports on Iraq's restoration of the ancient city of Babylon and how the archaeological work is attracting tourists back to the country.
theartnewspaper.com
Practical considerations for living and building at elevations above 8,000 feet, covering health effects, construction challenges, and daily life adjustments.
studioq.com
Introduces a journaling technique based on asking yourself Socratic questions, designed to produce genuine self-reflection rather than passive recounting.
mindthenerd.com
Analyzes the largest known document leak about China's Great Firewall, revealing technical details of the Geedge and MESA censorship infrastructure.
gfw.report
Questions whether AI will produce outsized investment returns, arguing that most of the value may flow to consumers rather than creating durable industrial fortunes.
joincolossus.com
Explores the identity shift required to go from wanting to do something to actually doing it consistently, focusing on habit formation and self-concept.
fredrivett.com
Documents the experience of stripping a smartphone down to essential functions only, turning an iPhone into a deliberate, distraction-free communication device.
stopa.io
Considers whether the current generation of software engineers may be the last to write code by hand as AI takes over more of the programming process.
xipu.li
Argues that shipping faster is rarely what organizations actually need, and that the real bottlenecks are in decision-making, prioritization, and organizational alignment.
pawelbrodzinski.substack.com
Advocates for always building the simplest possible solution first, then iterating, rather than trying to design for every future scenario upfront.
Sean Goedecke · seangoedecke.com
DeepWiki is an AI tool that generates comprehensive, navigable documentation for any public code repository, making unfamiliar codebases easier to understand.
aitidbits.ai
Examines how blogs became isolated from each other after the decline of blogrolls, trackbacks, and RSS, and proposes ways to rebuild the social web.
thehistoryoftheweb.com
Reviews GeoDeep, an AI object detection system running on Maxar satellite imagery, examining its capabilities and practical applications.
tech.marksblogg.com
Introduces LL3M, a large language model fine-tuned to generate 3D models from text descriptions using procedural mesh generation.
threedle.github.io
A comprehensive comparison of weather radar APIs available in 2025, evaluating coverage, pricing, latency, and data quality from a founder's perspective.
rainviewer.com
Wired reports on AI systems designing novel physics experiments that produce valid results, even when the experimental setups seem counterintuitive to human researchers.
wired.com
Argues that shamelessness is an underrated strategy for getting things done, since most barriers to action are social rather than practical.
Nadia Asparouhova · nadia.xyz
A framework for building web apps as single, portable, self-updating vanilla HTML files that require no build tools or server infrastructure.
hyperclay.com
Josef Prusa argues that open hardware in desktop 3D printing is effectively dead, as major manufacturers move to closed ecosystems and proprietary filament systems.
Josef Prusa · josefprusa.com
A BMJ study examining the association between ADHD drug treatment and the risk of negative events and outcomes, analyzing large-scale patient data.
bmj.com
Paul Graham's classic essay arguing that startups should do things that don't scale in their early days, like manually recruiting users and providing hand-crafted service.
Paul Graham · paulgraham.com
Steve Wozniak reflects that his life was never driven by accomplishment or wealth but by the happiness of building things and sharing ideas with friends.
yro.slashdot.org
Describes four daily practices for continuous personal growth: learning something new, reflecting on experience, applying insights, and preparing for tomorrow.
opuslabs.substack.com
Examines how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) accidentally became a universal plugin system, enabling tools and AI agents to interoperate across platforms.
worksonmymachine.ai
An interactive experiment rendering 3D scenes as stylized line drawings in the browser, exploring non-photorealistic rendering techniques.
amritkwatra.com
Reviews Litestar, a Python web framework that offers a compelling alternative to FastAPI and Django with a clean API and strong typing support.
b-list.org
Documents how the open-source OpenFreeMap project survived a traffic spike of 100,000 requests per second, detailing the infrastructure and optimizations involved.
blog.hyperknot.com
Google launches Jules, an asynchronous AI coding agent that works on tasks in the background and delivers completed code changes for review.
blog.google
Addresses the imposter syndrome that developers feel when AI tools make others appear vastly more productive, offering strategies to stay grounded.
colton.dev
MIT's 'How to Make Almost Anything' course documentation, showing student projects spanning CNC milling, 3D printing, PCB design, and embedded programming.
fab.cba.mit.edu
Identifies common object-oriented design patterns from Java and C++ that are unnecessary or counterproductive in Python, and what to use instead.
lihil.cc
Examines the hidden personal and professional toll of being publicly cancelled, drawing on firsthand accounts of the lasting effects.
pretty.direct
Presents Native Sparse Attention, a technique for making transformer attention more efficient by leveraging naturally sparse attention patterns during inference.
aclanthology.org
A meditation on the value of slowness in a culture that prizes speed, arguing that deep work and careful thought produce better outcomes.
michaelnotebook.com
A detailed comparison of iPhone 16 cameras against traditional digital cameras, testing dynamic range, color accuracy, and low-light performance.
candid9.com
Harvard researchers discover the mechanism by which the brain rapidly increases blood flow to active regions, revealing a process faster than previously understood.
hms.harvard.edu
The Verge reports that DJI could not confirm or deny whether it disguised a drone under a different brand name to circumvent a U.S. import ban.
theverge.com
Nvidia releases OpenReasoning Nemotron, a family of open reasoning AI models designed for developers building agentic AI platforms.
nvidianews.nvidia.com
The scientific hypothesis that early Earth may have been purple rather than green, with retinal-based organisms dominating before chlorophyll-based photosynthesis evolved.
en.wikipedia.org
The U.S. government's AI Action Plan outlining federal policy priorities for artificial intelligence development, safety, and governance.
ai.gov
Traces how China went from a minor player to the world's dominant shipbuilder, examining the industrial policy, subsidies, and scale economics behind the transformation.
construction-physics.com
A long essay arguing that the British sitcom Peep Show is the most accurate depiction of ordinary human selfishness, cowardice, and moral failure ever put on screen.
mattlakeman.org
Antirez (creator of Redis) shares an updated take on coding with LLMs in 2025, covering what has improved, what remains broken, and how his workflow has adapted.
Antirez · antirez.com
Argues that self-taught software engineers frequently outperform CS graduates because they develop stronger problem-solving instincts and practical skills from necessity.
michaelbastos.com
A McMaster University report on Ontario's basic income pilot finding that recipients continued working, started businesses, and showed measurable health improvements.
cbc.ca
Argues that the most practical everyday use of AI is generating clear, detailed log messages and error descriptions rather than writing application code.
Vicki Boykis · newsletter.vickiboykis.com
A New Yorker essay on applying gentle parenting principles to one's own smartphone addiction, replacing guilt and willpower with curiosity and compassion.
newyorker.com
METR's study measuring how AI tools affect experienced open-source developer productivity, with controlled experiments comparing assisted and unassisted work.
metr.org
A comprehensive guide to context engineering for LLMs, covering techniques for structuring prompts, managing context windows, and optimizing model outputs.
nlp.elvissaravia.com
The New York Times reports that while drones have become decisive in modern warfare, the U.S. manufactures almost none domestically, creating a strategic vulnerability.
nytimes.com
Examines how the widespread adoption of GLP-1 weight loss drugs is disrupting life insurance actuarial models as mortality and morbidity risk profiles shift.
glp1digest.com
A developer shares concrete practices for shipping software faster, emphasizing simplicity, small scope, and avoiding premature optimization.
Evan Hahn · evanhahn.com
Gary Marcus argues that the architectures of O3 and Grok 4 vindicate the neurosymbolic AI approach by combining neural networks with structured reasoning.
Gary Marcus · garymarcus.substack.com
Uses Soham Parekh as a case study in effective self-promotion, showing how deliberate personal branding and storytelling create career opportunities.
fldr.zip
MIT Technology Review reports on Boston Metal hitting a milestone in green steel production using molten oxide electrolysis to eliminate carbon emissions from steelmaking.
technologyreview.com
A writer explains why they quit social media entirely and started a blog instead, describing the mental clarity and creative benefits of the switch.
carolinecrampton.com
An interview with Kyle Barron on GeoArrow and GeoParquet, two emerging standards that bring columnar data formats to geospatial analysis with major performance gains.
cloudnativegeo.org
Quanta Magazine reports on a new sphere-packing density record achieved through an unexpected mathematical technique, advancing a problem studied for centuries.
quantamagazine.org
The W3C's guideline explaining why 'click here' is poor link text for accessibility, and how to write descriptive links that work for all users.
w3.org
A guide to starting a local Internet Resiliency Club, where community members build redundant connectivity and communication infrastructure.
bowshock.nl
Nature reports that individual breathing patterns are as unique as fingerprints, and researchers can now use them for biometric identification.
nature.com
Documents the search for a time-series foundation model capable of zero-shot forecasting without task-specific training data.
parseable.com
A survey of the last fifty years of integer linear programming research, focusing on recent practical advances that have made solvers orders of magnitude faster.
inria.hal.science
Predicts that the first major AI disaster will come not from superintelligence but from mundane misuse: an AI agent making consequential real-world decisions with insufficient oversight.
Sean Goedecke · seangoedecke.com
University of Portsmouth researchers propose that the Big Bang may have occurred inside a pre-existing black hole, challenging standard cosmological models.
port.ac.uk
Vox reports that cancer death rates have been falling steadily for decades thanks to immunotherapy breakthroughs, better screening, and reduced smoking rates.
vox.com
A practical playbook of prompt engineering techniques tailored for programmers, covering structured prompting, chain-of-thought, and iterative refinement.
addyo.substack.com
Encourages writers and creators to publish consistently even when no one is reading, arguing that the practice itself builds skill and eventually attracts an audience.
jeetmehta.com
Fly.io pushes back against AI skeptics, arguing that dismissing AI's practical utility in software development is willful blindness to real productivity gains.
fly.io
A revisited critique of declining software usability, documenting how modern interfaces have become harder to use despite decades of UX research.
datagubbe.se
Paul Graham's essay on what makes writing good, distilling it to clarity, surprise, strength, and rhythm.
Paul Graham · paulgraham.com
TechCrunch reports on InventWood's plan to mass-produce densified wood that rivals steel in strength while being lighter, cheaper, and carbon-negative.
techcrunch.com
A story of workplace malicious compliance where an employee books every available meeting room to protest a policy, exposing the absurdity of the system.
clientserver.dev
A minimalist, reflective piece on what it means to be human, exploring consciousness, mortality, and connection through spare prose.
quarter--mile.com
Five evidence-based persuasion techniques for engineering managers to influence decisions, align teams, and advocate effectively without authority.
newsletter.manager.dev
The Wall Street Journal reports on skilled trades companies recruiting directly from high school shop classes, offering students job offers before graduation.
wsj.com
The homepage for the React Three ecosystem, a collection of tools for building 3D experiences in React using Three.js, including R3F, Drei, and related libraries.
react-three.org
Modal demonstrates using linear programming to solve real resource allocation problems, showing how mathematical optimization can replace ad hoc scheduling.
modal.com
A collection of free Google Doc templates for common startup documents: pitch decks, hiring plans, board updates, and strategy memos.
templatesbypaul.com
Argues that business books are entertainment dressed as strategy, and that most provide survivorship-biased stories rather than actionable frameworks.
theorthagonist.substack.com
A founder describes how working at McKinsey taught him frameworks for strategy and communication that directly improved his second startup.
blog.zactownsend.com
A practical guide to designing parts specifically for 3D printing, covering tolerances, overhangs, support structures, and material-specific considerations.
blog.rahix.de
Argues that design excellence does not require public recognition, and that many of the best designers work quietly without online followings or conference talks.
chrbutler.com
A data analysis of chord progressions across 680,000 songs, revealing which patterns are most common, how they vary by genre, and what makes hits sound different.
cantgetmuchhigher.com
Explains how a person's greatest professional strengths often create corresponding blind spots and vulnerabilities that can undermine them.
terriblesoftware.org
Researchers discover that bonobos combine vocalizations using syntactic rules previously thought to be unique to human language.
newscientist.com
Google makes Deep Research available on Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, enabling multi-step autonomous research with source citations.
blog.google
A personal framework for choosing what to work on, balancing impact, interest, and comparative advantage to avoid wasting time on the wrong problems.
Tynan · tynan.com
Practical advice for writing technical blog posts that developers actually read, covering structure, hooks, code examples, and distribution.
refactoringenglish.com
A new NASA satellite has produced the most detailed maps of ocean topography ever created, revealing underwater features previously invisible to science.
zmescience.com
A browser built specifically for web developers, showing multiple viewport sizes simultaneously with built-in accessibility testing, visual debugging, and performance tools.
polypane.app
A tool that ranks the personal blogs most frequently upvoted on Hacker News, revealing which independent writers have the largest HN readership.
refactoringenglish.com
A Microsoft Research study examining how generative AI use affects critical thinking skills, finding that over-reliance on AI can reduce analytical reasoning.
microsoft.com
Blender 4.4 release notes for the version that won an Academy Award for its contribution to visual effects in film production.
blender.org
Bambu Labs launches a platform for 3D-printable toys with reusable electronic components, combining physical fabrication with programmable hardware.
theverge.com
A resource documenting burnout patterns in the tech industry and advocating for worker organizing as a structural response to unsustainable working conditions.
unionize.fyi
Swedish researchers develop a next generation of LEDs that are both cheaper and more environmentally sustainable than current technology, using abundant materials.
liu.se
Describes the exhausting cycle of frontend framework churn, where developers must constantly learn new tools just to stay employable, without the new tools being meaningfully better.
polotek.net
McLaren develops a new type of carbon fiber tape that enables construction of more complex aerodynamic and structural components than traditional layup methods allow.
thedrive.com
Anthropic announces that Claude can now search the web directly during conversations, grounding responses in current information from online sources.
anthropic.com
OpenAI's audio model platform for generating realistic speech, sound effects, and music using their latest audio generation technology.
openai.fm
SemiAnalysis argues that America is falling behind in the robotics revolution that will define the next labor economy, examining the gap between U.S. and Chinese manufacturing automation.
semianalysis.com
DuckDB launches a built-in local UI for browsing databases, running queries, and visualizing results directly in the browser without external tools.
duckdb.org
DiceDB is a high-performance, Redis-compatible in-memory database designed for real-time applications with reactive query support.
dicedb.io
An open-source project from the University of Bayreuth providing 3D-printable designs for optical experiment equipment used in physics education.
printedlabs.uni-bayreuth.de
An NBER paper challenging the common claim that housing supply constraints drive price growth, showing that supply restrictions alone do not explain price patterns across U.S. cities.
nber.org
A declarative 2D canvas library with bindings for React, Vue, and Svelte, providing a high-level API for shapes, animations, and user interactions on HTML5 canvas.
konvajs.org
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) releases public access to the largest 3D map of the universe ever created, covering millions of galaxies.
newscenter.lbl.gov
Introduces Bolt3D, a method for generating complete 3D scenes from text or image prompts in seconds using feed-forward neural networks.
szymanowiczs.github.io
Makes the case for research as a form of leisure, arguing that deep investigation into a topic of personal interest is among the most fulfilling ways to spend free time.
kasurian.com
Mistral AI releases an OCR model that extracts structured text from images and documents with high accuracy across multiple languages and formats.
mistral.ai
A systematic method for organizing files, projects, and digital life using a hierarchical numbering scheme that keeps everything findable.
johnnydecimal.com
Meta Research presents Meta 3D Gen, a system for generating textured 3D meshes from text prompts in under a minute.
ai.meta.com
Explores how Gemini 2.0 Flash changes the economics of PDF ingestion, making it practical to extract structured data from documents at scale.
sergey.fyi
An interactive map showing how far you can travel in 40 minutes from every subway station in New York City, revealing transit accessibility gaps.
subwaysheds.com
A reference page demonstrating every HTML element with live examples and descriptions, serving as both documentation and a test page for browser rendering.
iamwillwang.com
Argues that OpenAI scraped the open web for training data and now charges for access to the resulting intelligence, effectively closing what was once freely available knowledge.
brids.bearblog.dev
A detailed build log of creating Bauble, a creative coding tool for making 3D art with signed distance functions and shader programming.
ianthehenry.com
Describes a growing wave of professionals quietly quitting their careers due to accumulated burnout that goes unrecognized by management and institutions.
charleshughsmith.blogspot.com
Scientific American covers emerging research on inducing and controlling lucid dreams, with applications for treating nightmares and improving sleep quality.
scientificamerican.com
A Toronto man builds tiny mobile homes on wheels to provide warm shelter for unhoused people during harsh Canadian winters.
cbc.ca
A developer builds automation tools to streamline the repetitive parts of job applications, from resume tailoring to follow-up tracking.
blog.daviddodda.com
AT&T and Verizon confirm they were breached by Salt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, as the White House weighs broader cybersecurity responses.
theregister.com
Krebs on Security reports on a U.S. Army soldier arrested for extorting AT&T and Verizon using stolen customer data obtained through SIM-swapping attacks.
krebsonsecurity.com
Retool explains what SAP is and how enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems work, translated for engineers who've never encountered the enterprise software world.
retool.com
San Francisco house prices have fallen back to 2019 levels and condo prices to 2015 levels as tech job losses accumulate after the pandemic hiring surge.
wolfstreet.com
A published case study showing that specific diaphragm exercises can reduce acid reflux symptoms, offering a non-pharmaceutical treatment option.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A visual guide to cognitive load in software engineering, showing how code complexity, naming, and architecture decisions tax working memory.
minds.md
IEEE Spectrum reports on TSMC's Arizona fab beginning production of advanced chips, marking a milestone for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.
spectrum.ieee.org
Architectural Digest explores the trend of intentionally relocating to live near close friends, examining the social and psychological benefits of proximity.
architecturaldigest.com
An interactive map showing how far you can travel by train from any European city in 8 hours, revealing the continent connectivity and gaps in rail infrastructure.
chronotrains.com
A contrarian argument against Domain-Driven Design, claiming it adds unnecessary complexity for most applications and that simpler patterns serve better.
tonymarston.net
The video archive from 38C3 (38th Chaos Communication Congress), the annual hacker conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club in Germany.
media.ccc.de
Advocates keeping a personal changelog of your work accomplishments, arguing it makes performance reviews, promotions, and job transitions much easier.
code.dblock.org
Explores how the role of software developers is shifting as reasoning AI models become capable of writing and debugging code autonomously.
near.tl
The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI GPT-5 development is behind schedule, facing unexpected challenges in scaling to the next capability level.
wsj.com
BlenderGPT integrates large language models into Blender, enabling users to create and modify 3D scenes through natural language commands.
blendergpt.org
McKinsey agrees to pay $650 million to settle federal charges related to its role in advising Purdue Pharma on strategies that fueled the opioid crisis.
npr.org
Archaeologists in the country of Georgia unearth a tablet inscribed with a previously unknown language, potentially revealing a lost civilization.
archaeologymag.com
Meta FAIR shares new research, models, and datasets covering AI agents, robustness, safety, and architectural improvements.
ai.meta.com
Google introduces an AI weather forecasting agent that produces accurate 15-day forecasts, matching or exceeding traditional numerical weather models.
nytimes.com
Trellis is a 3D mesh generative model that creates detailed textured 3D objects from text or image inputs.
trellis3d.github.io
Draws on the book 'Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned' to argue that rigid project planning often leads to failure because breakthroughs come from exploration, not predetermined milestones.
sanju.sh
A manifesto for egoless engineering, advocating for code review without defensiveness, shared ownership, and prioritizing team outcomes over individual credit.
egoless.engineering
A practical guide to pronouncing Chinese names more accurately, covering tone marks, common sounds, and the most frequent mistakes English speakers make.
jacko.io
A PNAS study finding that conversations with strangers are surprisingly informative, with people consistently underestimating how much they learn from casual interactions.
pnas.org
New York City's council votes to approve the City of Yes upzoning plan, enabling more housing construction across all five boroughs.
abc7ny.com
A structured model for building and maintaining professional relationships, covering initial outreach, follow-up cadence, and deepening trust over time.
tej.as
The Wall Street Journal reports on a new age of advanced composite materials transforming manufacturing for everything from smartphones to military hardware.
wsj.com
Examines how Kara Swisher's reporting on Sam Altman's ouster from OpenAI is being contradicted by subsequent revelations and testimony.
disconnect.blog
An uncensored AI chat interface that promises to answer any question without content filters or safety guardrails.
aiuncensored.info
MIT Press explores the cognitive science behind how actors memorize scripts, revealing that they rely on meaning and emotion rather than rote repetition.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
The New York Times reports that Alzheimer's disease causes measurable financial harm years before clinical diagnosis, as cognitive decline affects money management.
nytimes.com
Doctors describe trial results for a new lung cancer drug as 'off the charts,' showing unprecedented tumor response rates in patients with advanced disease.
theguardian.com
Researchers had U.S. Marines wear replica Mycenaean Greek armor through combat simulations, finding it was surprisingly effective and wearable in battle conditions.
arstechnica.com
Seth Godin reflects on the tendency to focus on other people's problems instead of our own, and how this avoidance pattern keeps us from doing meaningful work.
Seth Godin · seths.blog
Piet is an esoteric programming language where programs are bitmap images that look like abstract paintings, with execution determined by color transitions between pixels.
dangermouse.net
The Overture Maps Foundation releases the beta of its first open map dataset, backed by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom as an alternative to proprietary mapping data.
overturemaps.org
The U.S. Department of Energy announces $10 million in funding to explore phytomining, using specially selected plants to extract valuable minerals from soil.
arpa-e.energy.gov
Chrome's guide to high-definition CSS colors, covering the new color spaces (oklch, display-p3, lab) and how to use wider gamut colors on modern displays.
developer.chrome.com
Describes the roll-invert-unroll technique for putting on a duvet cover, which is faster and less frustrating than the traditional method.
danverbraganza.com
Google Research introduces AutoBNN, a probabilistic approach to time series forecasting that automatically selects Bayesian neural network architectures.
blog.research.google
Breaking news coverage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, after a container ship struck a support column.
twitter.com
NPR covers the rise of de-influencing, where creators tell followers what not to buy, pushing back against the consumerism that defines influencer culture.
text.npr.org
Salesforce AI Research introduces Moirai, a foundation model for universal time series forecasting that generalizes across domains without task-specific training.
blog.salesforceairesearch.com
Highlights two open source projects with outstanding architecture documentation, analyzing what makes their docs useful and how other projects can learn from them.
johnjago.com
Amazon introduces Chronos, a framework that treats time series forecasting as a language modeling task, achieving strong zero-shot performance across diverse datasets.
arxiv.org
A Guardian article exploring what daily life and death looked like for Roman legionaries, from training and discipline to the violence of frontier warfare.
theguardian.com
Chartwell is a font that renders typed numbers as charts, supporting 14 different visualization types including bar, pie, ring, and rose charts.
vectrotype.com
Argues that perfectionism causes procrastination, and that starting messy and refining later is more productive than waiting for the right conditions.
deprocrastination.co
A deep technical analysis of DJI's firmware obfuscation techniques, revealing the layers of protection the company uses to prevent reverse engineering of its drone software.
blog.quarkslab.com
Philosopher Daniel Dennett discusses the practice of seriously entertaining the possibility that you're wrong, and how intellectual humility improves thinking.
behavioralscientist.org
Climate scientists argue that several recent hurricanes have exceeded the Category 5 threshold and that a new Category 6 designation should be officially adopted.
eos.org
A service that lets you write a letter to your future self and schedule it for delivery on a specific date, creating a time capsule of your current thoughts.
futureme.org
A critique of academic psychology as a discipline, arguing that its paradigms, methodology, and epistemology are fundamentally flawed.
unfashionable.blog
A UX Stack Exchange thread explaining the historical and ergonomic reasons why the mouse cursor is angled at roughly 12 degrees rather than pointing straight up.
ux.stackexchange.com
Explores the tension between engineering cultures that debate every decision and those that just build, arguing that the best teams find a productive middle ground.
fishmanafnewsletter.com
The U.S. National Park Service public API, providing programmatic access to data on parks, campgrounds, events, alerts, and visitor information.
nps.gov
Examines how people increasingly hold contradictory beliefs simultaneously, navigating between competing cultural narratives without resolving the tension.
jdemeta.net
An insider account of how Google's engineering culture changed over time, documenting the shift from innovation-driven to process-driven as the company scaled.
social.clawhammer.net
A deeply personal essay by a parent about the loss of their child, written with raw honesty about grief, memory, and learning to continue living.
fortressofdoors.com
Adrian Cockcroft lists the warning signs that indicate it is time to leave a job, from organizational dysfunction to personal stagnation.
Adrian Cockcroft · adrianco.medium.com
Bloomberg argues that the self-help focus on personal resilience is misguided, and that what most people actually need is stronger friendships and financial security.
bloomberg.com
A developer explains their skepticism toward low-code platforms, arguing they create more problems than they solve once applications grow beyond trivial complexity.
nick.scialli.me
Explains why asking customers what they want produces misleading answers, and what product teams should do instead to understand actual user needs.
techbooks.substack.com
A comprehensive review of how AI is impacting scientific research across disciplines, from drug discovery to materials science to astronomy.
michaelnotebook.com
A structured guide to learning chess as an adult, covering opening principles, tactical patterns, and the most efficient study methods for improving quickly.
alexcrompton.com
A technical walkthrough of simulating realistic fluids, fire, and smoke in real-time using GPU-accelerated physics and rendering techniques.
andrewkchan.dev
Surveys the state of NLP research after large language models became dominant, examining what questions remain open and how the field is evolving.
nlpnewsletter.substack.com
3D-GPT uses large language models to generate procedural 3D models through multi-agent collaboration, decomposing text descriptions into modeling instructions.
chuny1.github.io
Sam Altman shares the career and life advice he wishes someone had given him earlier, covering ambition, team building, and the importance of compounding.
Sam Altman · blog.samaltman.com
Researchers develop an AI system that can diagnose childhood autism from retinal photographs with reported 100% accuracy in initial studies.
petapixel.com
A crowdsourced database tracking shrinkflation, skimpflation, and quality reduction in consumer products, with before-and-after comparisons.
jonatron.github.io
A technical guide to making LLM inference faster, covering quantization, KV cache optimization, speculative decoding, and hardware-specific tricks.
vgel.me
A neuroscience preprint showing that humans retroactively feel agency over events that were actually triggered before their voluntary actions, revealing a temporal illusion in conscious control.
biorxiv.org
Practical lessons on building business value as a software engineer, covering how technical decisions translate into revenue, retention, and competitive advantage.
lockedinspace.com
Describes the Apollo Syndrome, where teams composed entirely of highly intelligent individuals paradoxically underperform teams with mixed ability levels.
teamtechnology.co.uk
Archaeological findings reveal that the world oldest permanent settlements were built by a culture previously thought to have been nomadic.
sciencealert.com
Recommends leaving work slightly unfinished at the end of each day so you have an easy starting point the next morning, reducing the friction of getting back into flow.
read.engineerscodex.com
A clear introduction to database fundamentals covering storage engines, indexing, query planning, and transaction isolation levels for developers who want to understand what happens under the hood.
tontinton.com
New York City council passes a bill enabling tenants to report vacant apartments being warehoused by landlords, targeting the city's housing shortage.
thecity.nyc
A software developer confronts the feeling of not being a "real engineer" compared to those who build physical things, and works through what engineering actually means.
twitchard.github.io
Ian Hickson reflects on 18 years at Google, covering the evolution of the company culture, the projects he worked on, and the reasons he eventually left.
Ian Hickson · ln.hixie.ch
Reuters reports that OpenAI researchers sent a letter to the board warning of an AI breakthrough they believed could threaten humanity, precipitating Sam Altman's firing.
reuters.com
Practical ADHD management strategies for software developers, covering workspace setup, task management, focus techniques, and medication considerations.
ledger.com
Collects wisdom from people at the end of their lives about what they wish they had done differently, what mattered most, and what turned out to be unimportant.
isonomiaquarterly.com
Argues that the product manager role as commonly practiced is a mistake that creates communication overhead and decision-making bottlenecks between engineering and business.
sollecitom.github.io
Researchers discover that Myotragus balearicus, an extinct goat from the Balearic Islands, had cold-blooded metabolism like a reptile, a first among mammals.
phys.org
A summary of Piers Steel's 'The Procrastination Equation,' which models procrastination as a function of expectancy, value, impulsiveness, and delay.
njlifehacks.com
Makes the case for using assertions liberally in code as a debugging and documentation tool, with practical patterns for when and how to assert effectively.
aarsen.me
A student receives felony legal threats from classmates after presenting security research about the Fizz social media app at DEF CON.
miles.land
Practical communication strategies for damaged professional relationships, covering how to rebuild trust through transparency, consistency, and restraint.
Charity Majors · charity.wtf
Scott Galloway examines GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic as a 'super drug' phenomenon, analyzing the health, economic, and social implications of widespread weight-loss medication.
Scott Galloway · profgalloway.com
Argues that prompt engineering as a distinct skill is already becoming obsolete as AI models improve at understanding intent without elaborate prompting techniques.
medium.com
Explores the difficulty AI models have with uncommon or edge-case instructions, using the metaphor of asking for a single banana to illustrate systematic biases.
digital-science.com
A back-to-basics guide for building websites with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, without frameworks, bundlers, or complex toolchains.
kodingkitty.com
A New York Times essay on the quiet pleasure of drinking alone at nearly empty hotel bars, where anonymity and atmosphere create a rare kind of solitude.
nytimes.com
The Hill covers U.S. Congress doubling down on claims that the government has run illegal programs to retrieve and reverse-engineer unidentified aerial phenomena.
thehill.com
Scientists discover that playing recordings of healthy coral reef sounds underwater attracts fish back to degraded reef areas, aiding ecosystem recovery.
abc.net.au
An interactive game based on the legal philosophy thought experiment: given the rule "no vehicles in the park," decide which edge cases (wheelchairs, toy cars, ambulances) count as vehicles.
novehiclesinthepark.com
A developer explains why they stopped using Twilio after years of reliance, citing rising costs, declining quality, and better alternatives.
Miguel Grinberg · blog.miguelgrinberg.com
Research from HSE University examining how infantilism has become normalized in adult behavior, with delayed milestones and extended adolescence becoming the cultural default.
iq.hse.ru
Practical advice on how to identify and build relationships with the right people for professional growth, focusing on intentionality over networking events.
notebook.drmaciver.com
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists interviews a science writer who underwent DARPA brain stimulation experiments that dramatically improved her marksmanship.
thebulletin.org
Apache Baremaps is an open-source toolkit for creating and publishing custom online maps from OpenStreetMap and other geographic data sources.
baremaps.apache.org
Regent is developing electric seagliders, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles that fly just above the water's surface for fast, efficient coastal transportation.
regentcraft.com
Challenges the pressure to find a single life purpose, arguing that a portfolio of interests and commitments is healthier and more realistic than one grand calling.
philosophyinhell.substack.com
Paul Graham argues that when you lose the ability to write well, you also lose some capacity for clear thinking, since writing and thought are deeply intertwined.
Paul Graham · twitter.com
The Wikipedia article on Hobson's choice, the situation where you're offered a take-it-or-leave-it option that is really no choice at all.
en.wikipedia.org
A reflective web experience about the journey of self-discovery, presented as an interactive narrative about finding your path over time.
onedayyoullfindyourself.com
Argues that the key to extraordinary results is not planning for them but iterating rapidly, then retrospectively framing your successes as intentional.
ozanvarol.com
A mesmerizing interactive 3D clock visualization rendered in the browser, where mechanical gears and components animate in real-time to show the current time.
oimo.io
A collection of practical design tips and rules that help developers create professional-looking user interfaces without needing a designer.
refactoringui.com
The Wall Street Journal argues that defining yourself by your job title impoverishes conversation and identity, and that people should talk about what they care about instead.
wsj.com
David Perell shares 50 ideas from books, conversations, and experience that fundamentally changed how he thinks about life, work, and creativity.
David Perell · perell.com
Andrej Karpathy shares a minimal implementation of a GPT-like language model for educational purposes, demonstrating the core concepts in compact code.
Andrej Karpathy · twitter.com
National Geographic covers the completion of the Kissimmee River restoration in Florida, the largest river restoration project ever undertaken, with wildlife already returning.
nationalgeographic.com
Analyzes how Meta's accidental leak of the LLaMA model weights catalyzed an explosion of open-source AI development that changed the competitive landscape.
thesequence.substack.com
A personal account of diagnosing and treating chronic brain fog using open-source health tracking tools, biometric monitoring, and systematic self-experimentation.
decodebytes.substack.com
Indie Hackers announces its return to independent ownership after being acquired and then released by Stripe, returning to its community-first roots.
indiehackers.com
A SvelteKit template for building websites where content is editable directly in the browser without a CMS, stored in a simple database.
editable.website
Bloomberg reports on New York City building artificial oyster reefs in the harbor to reduce flood damage, using the natural filtering and wave-breaking properties of shellfish beds.
bloomberg.com
Fantasy author Robin Hobb writes about recognizing when the body and mind need rest, using the metaphor of a tired animal that needs care rather than pushing.
Robin Hobb · robinhobb.com
A CSS stylesheet that implements Edward Tufte's design principles for web typography, including sidenotes, full-width figures, and careful use of whitespace.
edwardtufte.github.io
Quanta Magazine explores neuroscience research showing that chronic loneliness physically reshapes brain structure, altering neural circuits related to threat perception and social cognition.
quantamagazine.org
The Wikipedia article on 'need for cognition,' the personality trait that describes how much a person enjoys effortful thinking and intellectual engagement.
en.wikipedia.org
Rows is a modern spreadsheet application designed for working with live data, offering built-in integrations with APIs, databases, and AI for analysis.
rows.com
PostHog shares lessons learned about developer marketing for early-stage startups, covering content strategy, community building, and what channels actually work.
posthog.com
A comprehensive guide to system design interviews for senior engineers, covering architecture patterns, scalability concepts, and how to structure your approach.
interviewing.io
Argues that ChatGPT represents the true Web 3.0 by fundamentally changing how people interact with information online, with uncomfortable implications for content creators and publishers.
lajili.com
Robin Hanson explores why modern social interaction has become increasingly bland and risk-averse, examining the incentives that push people toward conformity.
Robin Hanson · overcomingbias.com
Derek Sivers argues that if you want online anonymity, you should create a distinct persona rather than trying to hide, since mystery invites investigation while a boring persona deflects it.
Derek Sivers · sive.rs
A research paper presenting DetectGPT, a method for detecting machine-generated text without training data by analyzing the curvature of the log probability function.
arxiv.org
Paul Graham's essay advocating for simple, clear writing, arguing that complexity in prose usually reflects confused thinking rather than deep ideas.
Paul Graham · paulgraham.com
Microsoft announces Teams Premium powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5, adding AI-generated meeting summaries, chapters, and recommended tasks.
microsoft.com
Research shows that transcranial electrical stimulation of specific brain regions can increase willingness to engage in mentally demanding tasks.
psypost.org
A guide to automating your smart home using sensors, schedules, and presence detection instead of relying on voice assistants that frequently misunderstand commands.
arstechnica.com
Chip Huyen shares what hiring managers actually look for in engineering resumes, covering signal vs. noise, red flags, and how to stand out.
Chip Huyen · huyenchip.com
Demonstrates replacing a human SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts that break down business questions into SQL queries, run them, and synthesize reports.
patterns.app
A detailed map revealing the land surface beneath Antarctica's ice sheet, showing mountain ranges, valleys, and basins that would be exposed if the ice melted.
ubique.americangeo.org
An evolutionary biologist explores why flowers evolved to be beautiful to humans when the beauty serves no apparent purpose for us, examining co-evolution and sensory exploitation.
scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com
Critiques how tech journalists cover Mastodon through the lens of Twitter competition rather than understanding its fundamentally different design philosophy and community values.
worldhistory.medium.com
A warm essay collecting the absurd, practical, and surprisingly wise things a father told his children, from silly myths to life lessons that only made sense later.
mrjamesbell.com
Documents the experiment of using ChatGPT as a virtual co-founder for brainstorming business ideas, validating assumptions, and drafting initial plans.
atomic14.com
A systematic guide to intentionally building close friendships as an adult, covering vulnerability, consistency, shared experiences, and the courage to escalate acquaintanceships.
neelnanda.io
A Frontiers in Psychology paper cataloging 50 psychological and psychiatric terms that are commonly misused or misleading and should be avoided in professional writing.
frontiersin.org
A startup founder shares the specific tools, systems, and strategies they use to manage ADHD while running a company, from task management to energy regulation.
hypatia.ca
A practical guide to professional communication for software developers, covering writing clear messages, giving feedback, and explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
karlsutt.com
A 1899 Saturday Evening Post article lamenting the decline of the art of conversation, reading as remarkably timely more than a century later.
saturdayeveningpost.com
Research finds that lost islands described in Welsh folklore and medieval poetry correspond to real geographic features now submerged by rising sea levels.
sciencedaily.com
Argues that aspiring founders should work at a scale-up before starting their own company, because the operational knowledge gained is impossible to acquire any other way.
blog.lawrencejones.dev
Diagnoses a pervasive modern malaise: a feeling of disconnection, purposelessness, and low-grade dissatisfaction that affects even people whose lives look successful from the outside.
ava.substack.com
Documents the process of using DALL-E 2 to generate a logo for an open-source project, including prompt iteration and the final selection process.
jacobmartins.com
Argues that being constantly swamped with work is a normal state rather than an impressive one, and that treating busyness as a badge of honor is counterproductive.
gkogan.co
A deep dive into the mathematics and implementation of triangular grids, useful for game development, procedural generation, and spatial algorithms.
kvachev.com
BBC Travel explores a prehistoric cult that built megalithic structures in Malta thousands of years before Stonehenge, and the mystery of their sudden disappearance.
bbc.com
Microsoft's workplace research identified the factors that actually make employees happy, with one finding that surprised even the researchers.
zdnet.com
A contemplative essay on how to decide what to do with your life, examining the tension between impact, satisfaction, and the finite nature of time.
daemonology.net
Argues that society has made adulthood seem like a burden rather than an achievement, and that we need to reclaim the dignity and appeal of grown-up responsibilities.
artofmanliness.com
Derek Sivers advocates for writing one sentence per line in source text, arguing it improves editing, version control, and clarity of thought.
Derek Sivers · sive.rs
Identifies the biggest mistake engineers make: optimizing for the wrong thing, typically speed of delivery over understanding the problem.
thezbook.com
The concise career advice that the best way to advance is simply to do interesting things and tell people about them, rather than networking or self-promoting.
carl.flax.ie
An appreciation of solo drinking as a contemplative practice, arguing that a quiet drink alone in a good bar is one of the underrated pleasures of adult life.
drunkard.com
An interactive map visualizing the global infrastructure network: power lines, pipelines, telecommunications cables, and energy generation facilities layered on OpenStreetMap data.
openinframap.org
An interactive visual and audio reference for all major and minor scales on a piano keyboard, playable directly in the browser.
muted.io
Bartosz Ciechanowski's signature interactive explainer on how GPS works, covering satellite orbits, signal timing, trilateration, and error correction with animated diagrams.
ciechanow.ski
Hillel Wayne investigates whether software developers deserve the title "engineer" by comparing software practices to civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
Hillel Wayne · hillelwayne.com
Philip K. Dick's 1953 short story 'The Eyes Have It' is a comedic misunderstanding of figurative language taken literally, available free on Project Gutenberg.
gutenberg.org
A personal account of how internet access transformed the trajectory of someone from a disadvantaged background, providing education, community, and opportunity.
pointersgonewild.com
The World Heart Federation issues a statement that no level of alcohol consumption is beneficial for cardiovascular health, contradicting the popular belief in moderate drinking's protective effects.
world-heart-federation.org
A husband describes how the shared narrative of their marriage became a lifeline as his wife's Alzheimer's progressed, keeping them connected through storytelling.
thewalrus.ca
A frustrated take on the increasing complexity of modern software development, questioning whether the industry's obsession with new tools and frameworks will ever slow down.
unixsheikh.com
Josh Comeau explains the CSS gradient 'gray dead zone' problem where colors mix into muddy gray, and how to fix it using different color interpolation spaces.
Josh Comeau · joshwcomeau.com
A developer's reflection on the reasons they never started blogging and the barriers that keep people from publishing their thoughts online.
fede.dm
Michigan Department of Transportation's page listing the community-voted names for state snowplows, including puns like Ctrl-Salt-Delete and Plowy McPlowface.
michigan.gov
Explains how Davis, California accidentally made it legal to build skyscrapers anywhere in the city due to a quirk in their zoning code.
kevin.burke.dev
Photos from the 1890s taken by a Norwegian student using a hidden spy camera, capturing candid street scenes of people unaware they were being photographed.
boredpanda.com
A practical guide to launching a freelance software development business, covering pricing, finding clients, contracts, and avoiding common early mistakes.
nickjanetakis.com
A humorous reflection on the universal developer experience of reading terrible code, only to discover via git blame that you wrote it yourself.
heltweg.org
A detailed evaluation of SvelteKit for building full-stack web applications, covering what works well, what is frustrating, and how it compares to alternatives.
cprimozic.net
Documents the complete journey of building a SaaS product from initial idea to successful acquisition in just 14 months, with specific numbers and lessons learned.
masilotti.com
A guide to leaving a job gracefully, covering how to resign, handle the transition period, and maintain professional relationships on the way out.
jmsbrdy.com
Questions why technology companies keep imagining the same futures instead of different ways of living, arguing that most innovation reinforces existing power structures.
reallifemag.com
Explores psychogenic death, the scientifically documented phenomenon where people die from extreme psychological stress or hopelessness without any physical cause.
salon.com
JetPens exhaustively reviews and ranks the best gel, ballpoint, rollerball, and fountain pens, with detailed comparisons of ink flow, comfort, and durability.
jetpens.com
Poly Haven explains how they serve 80TB of 3D asset downloads and 5 million page views monthly for under $400, using Cloudflare and smart caching strategies.
blog.polyhaven.com
Palladium Magazine's provocative case for quitting your job, arguing that most employment relationships are suboptimal and that people underestimate their ability to find better alternatives.
palladiummag.com
Nikita Prokopov describes how Syncthing restored the joy he once felt using computers, by enabling simple, reliable file sync without cloud services or corporate accounts.
Nikita Prokopov · tonsky.me
Moxie Marlinspike's influential critique of Web3 after building on it firsthand, finding that decentralization promises are undermined by the same centralization pressures that shaped Web2.
Moxie Marlinspike · moxie.org
Identifies and names the procrastinatory doom loop: the cycle where avoiding a task creates anxiety, which makes the task harder to start, which increases avoidance.
brennancolberg.com
The story of Emile Leray, who survived being stranded in the Sahara Desert by dismantling his broken Citroen and rebuilding it as a functioning motorcycle.
historygarage.com
Binyavanga Wainaina's satirical guide to the cliches and condescension that define Western writing about Africa, published in Granta.
Binyavanga Wainaina · granta.com
Documents the process of meeting 70 potential co-founders before finding the right one, with lessons about compatibility, alignment, and what to look for.
abeclark.substack.com
An essay on choosing curiosity over judgment in interactions with others, inspired by Ted Lasso's quote and applied to professional and personal relationships.
shubhro.com
Explores techniques for building an entire functional website in a single HTML file, including navigation, styling, and interactivity without external dependencies.
css-tricks.com
Airbnb's open-source library for rendering After Effects animations natively on web, iOS, and Android, enabling designers to ship animations as JSON files.
airbnb.io
Kodi is a free, open-source home theater application that organizes and plays media files from local storage and network sources with a customizable 10-foot interface.
kodi.tv
A sweeping essay on 100 years of technological, social, and economic change, arguing that the current moment is a rare inflection point where the rules are being rewritten.
apenwarr.ca
A structured learning path for understanding Linux containers from the ground up, covering namespaces, cgroups, filesystems, and networking in progressive complexity.
iximiuz.com
Ableton's free interactive tutorial for learning the fundamentals of making music, covering beats, notes, chords, basslines, and song structure in the browser.
learningmusic.ableton.com
Tim Minchin discusses why he stepped back from comedy, reflecting on fame, creative fulfillment, and the psychological costs of a public performing career.
theguardian.com
A comprehensive overview of search technology for software engineers, covering indexing, ranking, relevance scoring, and the tradeoffs in building search systems.
scribe.rip
Three TypeScript techniques the author wishes they had known earlier, covering type narrowing, template literal types, and conditional type inference.
cstrnt.dev
Release announcement for Sycamore v0.6.0, a Rust framework for building reactive web applications compiled to WebAssembly.
sycamore-rs.netlify.app
Argues that the most effective life and career advice is boring, widely known, and consistently ignored, and that following it reliably beats searching for novel strategies.
nywkap.com
Nautilus explores the neuroscience and philosophy behind tantric sexual practices, examining how they alter consciousness and promote states of transcendence.
nautil.us
Argues that reaching the top 10% of most fields requires consistent practice and showing up, not exceptional talent, since most people quit or coast early on.
medium.com
A Stack Overflow thread collecting the most horrifying code developers have encountered in production systems, from nested ternaries to database queries in loops.
stackoverflow.com
STAT News reports on AI identifying ketamine as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disease, demonstrating drug repurposing through computational analysis.
statnews.com
Argues that the 40-hour work week was designed to create consumers too tired to cook, entertain themselves, or live cheaply, and that the entire modern lifestyle serves corporate interests.
raptitude.com
Cory Doctorow argues that technology's past trajectory does not predict its future, and that current tech giants are not guaranteed to maintain their dominance.
Cory Doctorow · locusmag.com
DaisyUI is a Tailwind CSS component library that adds semantic class names for common UI components like buttons, cards, and modals, reducing utility class verbosity.
daisyui.com
Identifies the highest forms of wealth as things money cannot directly buy: a calm mind, time with people you love, a body that works, and work that feels meaningful.
collaborativefund.com
A contrarian programming tip: avoid working on easy things because they tend to be boring, low-impact, and they atrophy your ability to tackle hard problems.
yosefk.com
A retrospective on 20 years of Agile, arguing that the movement failed to achieve its original goals and instead became the bureaucracy it was designed to replace.
simplethread.com
Explores the hypothesis that mythological creatures like orcs and trolls may have been inspired by encounters between Homo sapiens and surviving archaic human species.
treeofwoe.substack.com
A catalog of real disasters encountered in microservices architectures, from cascading failures and data inconsistency to deployment nightmares and debugging impossibility.
world.hey.com
A practical framework for overcoming inertia and getting yourself to do things you are avoiding, based on understanding the gap between intention and action.
raptitude.com
A step-by-step guide to writing and publishing a programming book, covering topic selection, outlining, writing discipline, and finding a publisher.
cscalfani.medium.com
A satirical guide to becoming a bad developer, listing the habits and attitudes that reliably produce poor software and frustrated colleagues.
rafaelquintanilha.com
Zhipu AI announces GLM-5, a frontier model designed for complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks with strong benchmark performance.
Zhipu AI · z.ai
A research paper examining how GPT-5 performs on legal reasoning tasks, finding it outperforms federal judges in certain experimental settings.
papers.ssrn.com
A curated collection of "AI-first" memos from CEOs at Shopify, Duolingo, Klarna, and others, revealing three competing philosophies about what it means to be an AI-native company.
the-ai-native.company
A thought experiment exploring how the technological singularity might unfold not as a dramatic event, but as a mundane Tuesday where the world quietly changes forever.
Cam Pedersen · campedersen.com
Challenges the common startup wisdom that having competitors validates your market, arguing that competition alone tells you nothing about whether customers will pay for your solution.
Antoine Boulanger · ablg.io
A collection from the Public Domain Review showcasing Doi Toshitsura's beautiful 1832 Japanese illustrations of snow crystals, predating Western scientific photography of snowflakes by decades.
publicdomainreview.org
A personal essay arguing that no career opportunity is worth tolerating toxic colleagues, and that the long-term costs of working with bad people always outweigh short-term gains.
Arseniy Shishaev · arseniy.wtf
Explores how intentionally leaving empty space and unstructured time in your workflow paradoxically leads to better productivity and creative output.
vangemert.dev
A Public Domain Review essay uncovering the invisible labor of typists—often women—who shaped modern literature by transcribing, editing, and interpreting the handwritten drafts of famous authors.
publicdomainreview.org
Adafruit reports on a New York State budget bill that would mandate "blocking technology" on all 3D printers to prevent the manufacturing of firearms components.
blog.adafruit.com
An open format developed by Anthropic for giving AI agents new capabilities and expertise through portable, version-controlled skill packages adopted by leading AI development tools.
agentskills.io
A candid retrospective on the unexpected challenges of manufacturing and shipping a first hardware product, from supply chain surprises to customer support realities.
Simon Berens · simonberens.com
Explores how browser sandboxing technology, originally designed to safely run untrusted web code, could serve as a security foundation for AI-powered desktop automation tools.
Paul Kinlan · aifoc.us
An essay on the art of writing compelling hooks and introductions, arguing that the most important skill for any writer is making the reader care within the first few sentences.
Gwern · gwern.net
A practical framework for estimating software projects that accounts for uncertainty, unknown unknowns, and the common traps that lead engineers to consistently underestimate.
Sean Goedecke · seangoedecke.com
A defense of GitLab against its critics, highlighting the features and workflows that make it a compelling alternative to GitHub for certain development teams.
Łukasz Klim · whileforloop.com
Argues that after decades of corporate consolidation, technology is becoming fun again as consumers embrace diverse, single-purpose devices and niche brands beyond Apple and Google.
Jason Willems · jasonwillems.com
Hard-won lessons from a decade of engineering management, covering the human side of leadership—building trust, handling conflict, and knowing when to step back.
Jampa Uchoa · jampa.dev
A comprehensive guide to building production-grade AI agent systems, covering architecture patterns, reliability strategies, and real-world implementation pitfalls.
Nikola Balić · nibzard.com
An analysis of the post-WWII international order's collapse, arguing that the institutions and norms that defined global politics for decades have irreversibly broken down.
Paul Musgrave · musgrave.substack.com
Prime Minister Mark Carney declares at Davos that the U.S.-led rules-based international order has ended, urging middle powers like Canada to build strategic autonomy in energy, defense, and supply chains.
John Paul Tasker · cbc.ca
Bridges the gap between rationalist skepticism and manifestation practices, arguing that visualization and intention-setting can be effective tools when understood through a psychological rather than mystical lens.
Isabel · read.isabelunraveled.com
Explores the mysterious network of narrow, hand-carved tunnels found beneath medieval European settlements whose purpose remains unknown to historians and archaeologists.
Olivia · weirdmedievalguys.substack.com
Reports on Google co-founder Larry Page revealing that many recent hires lack college degrees, signaling a shift toward skills-based hiring in Big Tech.
yahoo.com
Penn Wharton research showing that employees who perceive unfair treatment reduce their work output, with implications for management and organizational culture.
penntoday.upenn.edu
Examines the emerging pattern of scaling AI coding agents by running them autonomously for extended periods, and the infrastructure and supervision challenges this creates.
Simon Willison · simonwillison.net
A data-driven, deeply analytical breakdown of the escorting industry, applying rationalist methodology to pricing strategies, client management, and market dynamics.
Aella · knowingless.com
Explores the concept of costly signaling in human relationships and negotiations—how people can credibly demonstrate genuine intentions through actions that would be irrational to fake.
zanlib.dev
A personal reflection on the compulsion to always be productive and helpful, examining how the addiction to usefulness can become a trap that crowds out rest and self-care.
Sean Goedecke · seangoedecke.com
Reveals how the Hoover Dam contains a hidden astronomical monument designed to mark the current position of the stars, creating a time capsule readable 26,000 years in the future.
Alexander Rose · longnow.org
Reports on an expanded class-action lawsuit alleging NVIDIA management gave "the green light" to contact Anna's Archive, a shadow library, to access millions of pirated books for AI training.
Ernesto Van der Sar · torrentfreak.com
The CIA's declassified WWII field manual instructing ordinary citizens on how to subtly sabotage organizations through bureaucracy, inefficiency, and procedural obstruction—eerily familiar to modern corporate life.
cia.gov
A walkthrough of designing and 3D printing a custom ergonomic laptop stand, from initial frustrations with commercial options to iterating on CAD designs and final assembly.
Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya · ntietz.com
Proposes a focused job search strategy of deeply researching a small number of companies and making "targeted bets" rather than mass-applying to hundreds of positions.
Sean Muirhead · seanmuirhead.com
Examines the conspiracy theory that the internet is increasingly populated by bot-generated content, and how AI-generated text is making this once-fringe idea feel uncomfortably plausible.
Dmitry Kudryavtsev · kudmitry.com
Tells the story of "The Torment of Saint Anthony," painted by Michelangelo at age 12 or 13, and how infrared analysis at the Met revealed it as an original work rather than a copy.
Colin Marshall · openculture.com
Argues that in an age of AI-generated content, personal taste and aesthetic judgment become the most defensible competitive advantage for creators and builders.
Cong Wang · wangcong.org
A playful community tool that helps you discover local pubs that need more patrons, combining pub data with a cheeky call to support your neighborhood watering hole.
ismypubfucked.com
Anthropic introduces Cowork, extending Claude Code's agentic capabilities beyond software engineering to general knowledge work like research, analysis, and writing.
Anthropic · claude.com
A detailed critique of Markdown's fragmented ecosystem—dozens of incompatible flavors, ambiguous syntax, and poor extensibility—with suggestions for more robust alternatives.
Karl Voit · karl-voit.at
Predicts how AI will reshape software engineering over the next two years, from automated code review and testing to the changing role of senior engineers as AI supervisors.
Addy Osmani · addyosmani.com
Terence Tao discusses how AI tools autonomously solved Erdős Problem #728, noting that the real breakthrough is AI's emerging ability to rapidly write and rewrite clear mathematical exposition.
Terence Tao · mathstodon.xyz
A practical guide to setting up visual regression testing for personal websites, catching unintended CSS changes before they reach production.
marending.dev
Scientists discover a molecular mechanism that could deactivate Toxoplasma gondii, the brain parasite estimated to infect roughly a third of the global population.
Jess Cockerill · sciencealert.com
A deep dive into the performance engineering behind uv, the blazing-fast Python package manager, examining the architectural decisions and Rust optimizations that make it orders of magnitude faster.
Andrew Nesbitt · nesbitt.io
An educational project that teaches you how to build a POSIX-compliant operating system from scratch using Rust, with comprehensive documentation and step-by-step guidance.
learnix-os.com
A technical deep dive into a novel algorithm for modular inversion that achieves practical speedups over existing methods, with benchmarks and implementation details.
purplesyringa · purplesyringa.moe