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168k objects in the archive · 2,631 ranked picks

Blog posts and Substacks that got recommended

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  1. 501
    The story, as best I can remember, of the origin of Mosaic and Netscape
    pmarca.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    380 pts
    133 cmts
  2. 502
    Python 3 can revive Python
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    379 pts
    234 cmts
  3. 503
    Python For Finance: Algorithmic Trading
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    379 pts
    160 cmts
  4. 504
    Use Prolog to improve LLM's reasoning
    shchegrikovich.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    379 pts
    155 cmts
    1 person
  5. 505
    Jury Duty
    medium.com20151 submissionHN thread
    378 pts
    215 cmts
  6. 506
    Things I Wish I Had Known About Django Development Before Starting My Company
    medium.com2013–20141 submissionHN thread
    378 pts
    155 cmts
    1 person
  7. 507
    How HBO’s Silicon Valley Built “Not Hotdog” with TensorFlow, Keras and React Native
    medium.com2017–20211 submissionHN thread
    378 pts
    117 cmts
    5 people
  8. 508
    A game when games were new
    medium.com20132 submissionsHN thread
    378 pts
    64 cmts
  9. 509
    Bill – by Ben Horowitz
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    378 pts
    24 cmts
  10. 510
    How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
    apoorvagovind.substack.com2020–20246 submissionsHN thread
    377 pts
    217 cmts
  11. 511
    Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    tarahenley.substack.com2022–20231 submissionHN thread
    376 pts
    401 cmts
    2 people
  12. 512
    Politically-correct witch-hunt is killing free speech
    medium.com20201 submissionHN thread
    376 pts
    294 cmts
    1 person
  13. 513
    My 2015 MacBook Pro Retina Exploded
    medium.com2017–20183 submissionsHN thread
    376 pts
    216 cmts
    1 person
  14. 514
    A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (2021)
    medium.com20241 submissionHN thread
    376 pts
    151 cmts
  15. 515
    How Is NordVPN Unblocking Disney+?
    medium.com2019–20201 submissionHN thread
    374 pts
    243 cmts
    4 people
  16. 516
    Conspiracy: In Theory and Practice
    edwardsnowden.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    374 pts
    220 cmts
    2 people
  17. 517
    Avoiding skill atrophy in the age of AI
    addyo.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    373 pts
    317 cmts
    1 person
  18. 518
    Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain
    sailhealth.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    373 pts
    230 cmts
  19. 519
    Can a $310M startup avoid due diligence?
    svgossip.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    373 pts
    212 cmts
  20. 520
    Are You Trading or Gambling?
    investinglessons.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    372 pts
    400 cmts
  21. 521
    Backlog size is inversely proportional to how often we talk to customers
    bitbytebit.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    372 pts
    170 cmts
  22. 522
    Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detriment to the web
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    370 pts
    443 cmts
  23. 523
    Now might be the best time to learn software development
    substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    370 pts
    361 cmts
    1 person
  24. 524
    Open letter from an Android developer to the Google Play team
    medium.com20192 submissionsHN thread
    370 pts
    234 cmts
    2 people
  25. 525
    Common tech jobs described as cabals of Mesoamerican wizards
    etiennefd.substack.com2022–20232 submissionsHN thread
    370 pts
    127 cmts
    1 person
  26. 526
    Letter to Myself in Late 2008
    dalton.substack.com2020–20222 submissionsHN thread
    370 pts
    92 cmts
    1 person
  27. 527
    “Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain?
    blackshaw.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    369 pts
    732 cmts
  28. 528
    Short fat engineers are undervalued
    nested.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    369 pts
    257 cmts
  29. 529
    The Bitter Lesson Is Misunderstood
    obviouslywrong.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    369 pts
    251 cmts
  30. 530
    My App Is Dead in the Water
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    369 pts
    200 cmts
  31. 531
    The first RISC-V portable computer is now available
    lunduke.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    369 pts
    176 cmts
    1 person
  32. 532
    Mr. Fart’s Favorite Colors
    medium.com2016–20266 submissionsHN thread
    369 pts
    66 cmts
    6 people
  33. 533
    What every software engineer should know about search
    medium.com2017–20232 submissionsHN thread
    369 pts
    56 cmts
    4 people
  34. 534
    Sleep: Everything You Need to Know
    medium.com20131 submissionHN thread
    368 pts
    172 cmts
  35. 535
    The Quiet Crisis Unfolding in Software Development
    medium.com201616 submissionsHN thread
    368 pts
    135 cmts
  36. 536
    My Journey into Fractals
    medium.com2018–20202 submissionsHN thread
    368 pts
    38 cmts
  37. 537
    Understanding Git for real by exploring the .git directory
    medium.com20162 submissionsHN thread
    367 pts
    87 cmts
  38. 538
    LaMDA is not sentient
    garymarcus.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    366 pts
    662 cmts
  39. 539
    Don’t go to art school (2013)
    medium.com2015–20229 submissionsHN thread
    366 pts
    200 cmts
    2 people
  40. 540
    Tools I Recommend for Building Geospatial Web Applications
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    366 pts
    63 cmts
  41. 541
    Chess.com vs. Lichess
    siddhesh.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    365 pts
    215 cmts
  42. 542
    What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today (2017)
    medium.com2017–20253 submissionsHN thread
    365 pts
    197 cmts
  43. 543
    Machine Learning in a Year
    medium.com20163 submissionsHN thread
    365 pts
    65 cmts
    2 people
  44. 544
    The realities of being a pop star
    itscharlibb.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    364 pts
    239 cmts
    1 person
  45. 545
    The New York Times Told Me To Take This Down
    medium.com20132 submissionsHN thread
    364 pts
    124 cmts
  46. 546
    Tokens are getting more expensive
    ethanding.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    363 pts
    253 cmts
    2 people
  47. 547
    Forty percent of the world’s shipping consists of fossil fuels to be burned
    billmckibben.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    363 pts
    209 cmts
  48. 548
    What $50 buys you at the Huaqiangbei electronics market in Shenzhen, China
    medium.com20162 submissionsHN thread
    363 pts
    118 cmts
  49. 549
    New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads
    medium.com20202 submissionsHN thread
    361 pts
    379 cmts
  50. 550
    Sexism in Tech: Don’t Ask Me Unless You’re Ready to Call Someone a Whistleblower
    medium.com2015–20212 submissionsHN thread
    361 pts
    374 cmts
    2 people