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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. 451
    The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray
    anthonydavidadams.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    403 pts
    353 cmts
  2. 452
    An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021)
    hwfo.substack.com2021–20233 submissionsHN thread
    403 pts
    250 cmts
    3 people
  3. 453
    Do AI companies work?
    benn.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    402 pts
    445 cmts
    1 person
  4. 454
    Instagram Is Facebook Now
    embedded.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    402 pts
    378 cmts
  5. 455
    My university sacrificed ideas for ideology, so today I quit
    bariweiss.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    402 pts
    205 cmts
  6. 456
    The new MacBook Pro is kind of great for hackers
    medium.com20162 submissionsHN thread
    401 pts
    333 cmts
    2 people
  7. 457
    AWS services to avoid
    medium.com20202 submissionsHN thread
    401 pts
    279 cmts
  8. 458
    Dear Agile, I’m Tired of Pretending (2018)
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    400 pts
    400 cmts
  9. 459
    How Google Maps allocates survival across London's restaurants
    laurenleek.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    400 pts
    211 cmts
    2 people
  10. 460
    Stop working so hard
    medium.com20131 submissionHN thread
    399 pts
    163 cmts
    3 people
  11. 461
    Cities: Skylines Is Turing Complete
    medium.com2019–20201 submissionHN thread
    399 pts
    120 cmts
    2 people
  12. 462
    The magic of DC-DC voltage conversion (2023)
    lcamtuf.substack.com2023–20243 submissionsHN thread
    398 pts
    154 cmts
  13. 463
    What does it mean for American innovation to be backed by oil wealth?
    vicki.substack.com2019–20212 submissionsHN thread
    397 pts
    276 cmts
    1 person
  14. 464
    The Moat of Low Status
    usefulfictions.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    397 pts
    167 cmts
  15. 465
    How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots”
    medium.com20201 submissionHN thread
    396 pts
    323 cmts
  16. 466
    The End of the Internet Dream
    medium.com2015–20175 submissionsHN thread
    396 pts
    205 cmts
  17. 467
    I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time
    samj.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    395 pts
    314 cmts
  18. 468
    Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway
    medium.com20192 submissionsHN thread
    395 pts
    244 cmts
  19. 469
    Story of Mattermost: Open-Sourced Competitor to Slack
    breakoutstartups.substack.com20191 submissionHN thread
    395 pts
    241 cmts
  20. 470
    I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to explain it
    climateer.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    394 pts
    426 cmts
  21. 471
    Peak California
    medium.com20193 submissionsHN thread
    394 pts
    363 cmts
  22. 472
    Getting 50% (SoTA) on Arc-AGI with GPT-4o
    redwoodresearch.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    394 pts
    243 cmts
    1 person
  23. 473
    How I Crashed and Burned in Y Combinator
    medium.com20153 submissionsHN thread
    394 pts
    126 cmts
  24. 474
    The SaaS Org Chart
    sacks.substack.com2021–20233 submissionsHN thread
    392 pts
    134 cmts
    1 person
  25. 475
    Stalking Your Friends with Facebook Messenger
    medium.com20151 submissionHN thread
    391 pts
    185 cmts
  26. 476
    How I wrote and published my novel using only open source tools
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    391 pts
    180 cmts
    1 person
  27. 477
    Why Galesburg has no money
    inlandnobody.substack.com20222 submissionsHN thread
    390 pts
    432 cmts
  28. 478
    Why is China smashing its tech industry?
    noahpinion.substack.com20219 submissionsHN thread
    390 pts
    398 cmts
    1 person
  29. 479
    Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
    theupheaval.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    390 pts
    374 cmts
    1 person
  30. 480
    The Impact Github is Having on Your Software Career
    medium.com2017–20194 submissionsHN thread
    390 pts
    238 cmts
  31. 481
    Frog and Toad are Cofounders
    medium.com20162 submissionsHN thread
    390 pts
    35 cmts
  32. 482
    Twitter Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate
    utkusen.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    389 pts
    189 cmts
  33. 483
    When stick figures fought
    animationobsessive.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    389 pts
    143 cmts
  34. 484
    Netflix FlameScope
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    389 pts
    74 cmts
  35. 485
    Terminated
    susiebright.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    387 pts
    219 cmts
  36. 486
    Law Students Fend Off a Patent Troll
    medium.com20142 submissionsHN thread
    387 pts
    81 cmts
  37. 487
    Elementary OS is imploding
    lunduke.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    386 pts
    354 cmts
    3 people
  38. 488
    My experience getting a tech job with no degree or relevant work experience
    lowlyswe.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    386 pts
    283 cmts
  39. 489
    Google Photos is making photos semi-public
    medium.com2019–20261 submissionHN thread
    386 pts
    139 cmts
    1 person
  40. 490
    GLP-1 drugs: An economic disruptor? (2024)
    wildfirelabs.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    385 pts
    531 cmts
  41. 491
    The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what customers want
    joemorrison.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    384 pts
    214 cmts
    1 person
  42. 492
    I’m tired. So I’m selling my game that just went viral
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    384 pts
    165 cmts
  43. 493
    Deleting Uber is the least you can do
    medium.com20176 submissionsHN thread
    384 pts
    120 cmts
    1 person
  44. 494
    Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job
    medium.com2015–20219 submissionsHN thread
    383 pts
    71 cmts
    2 people
  45. 495
    Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered by policy mistakes
    noahpinion.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    382 pts
    367 cmts
    1 person
  46. 496
    Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient
    bigtechnology.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    381 pts
    699 cmts
  47. 497
    Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction
    medium.com2016–20196 submissionsHN thread
    381 pts
    101 cmts
    3 people
  48. 498
    D'Oh My Zsh – How I unexpectedly built a monster of an open source project
    medium.com20162 submissionsHN thread
    381 pts
    97 cmts
  49. 499
    Moderation is different from censorship
    astralcodexten.substack.com2022–20231 submissionHN thread
    380 pts
    508 cmts
    4 people
  50. 500
    What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    380 pts
    236 cmts