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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. 1301
    Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s
    noahpinion.substack.com2021–20231 submissionHN thread
    190 pts
    242 cmts
    2 people
  2. 1302
    Silicon Valley’s Unchecked Arrogance
    medium.com20169 submissionsHN thread
    190 pts
    161 cmts
    1 person
  3. 1303
    What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowid's trip reports
    themicrodose.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    189 pts
    263 cmts
  4. 1304
    Former officials say big tech monopoly power is vital to national security
    greenwald.substack.com20222 submissionsHN thread
    189 pts
    223 cmts
  5. 1305
    Science Is Getting Harder
    mattsclancy.substack.com20222 submissionsHN thread
    189 pts
    145 cmts
  6. 1306
    I was deceived about Covid vaccine safety
    joomi.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    188 pts
    290 cmts
  7. 1307
    Intel's Immiseration
    thechipletter.substack.com20242 submissionsHN thread
    188 pts
    219 cmts
  8. 1308
    Web development in C: Crazy?
    medium.com20132 submissionsHN thread
    188 pts
    201 cmts
  9. 1309
    In software, when an engineer exits the team
    medium.com20212 submissionsHN thread
    188 pts
    170 cmts
  10. 1310
    Coding Like a Girl
    medium.com2015–20185 submissionsHN thread
    187 pts
    184 cmts
    1 person
  11. 1311
    Why does Britain feel so poor?
    martinrobbins.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    186 pts
    389 cmts
  12. 1312
    Be in a field where tech is the limit
    mathiaskirkbonde.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    186 pts
    203 cmts
  13. 1313
    A brief list of what Scrum gets wrong
    medium.com2016–20228 submissionsHN thread
    186 pts
    180 cmts
  14. 1314
    As much as you ever wanted to know about 155M artillery shell production
    roblh.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    185 pts
    347 cmts
    1 person
  15. 1315
    The Zizians and the rationalist death cult
    maxread.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    185 pts
    205 cmts
    6 people
  16. 1316
    Real Chilling Effects
    donmoynihan.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    185 pts
    171 cmts
  17. 1317
    Netflix is on Fire
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    185 pts
    159 cmts
  18. 1318
    The Bitcoin Bubble and the Future of Currency
    medium.com2013–20143 submissionsHN thread
    184 pts
    190 cmts
    4 people
  19. 1319
    The elegance of movement in Silksong
    theahura.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    183 pts
    346 cmts
  20. 1320
    Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part III – the nuclear navy
    constructionphysics.substack.com20224 submissionsHN thread
    183 pts
    291 cmts
  21. 1321
    In Support of Free Speech
    medium.com20178 submissionsHN thread
    183 pts
    228 cmts
  22. 1322
    One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake
    medium.com2015–20232 submissionsHN thread
    183 pts
    172 cmts
    2 people
  23. 1323
    Who will steal Android from Google?
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    183 pts
    158 cmts
    2 people
  24. 1324
    Apple’s Newest OLED Supplier
    asianometry.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    183 pts
    148 cmts
  25. 1325
    A Worsening Culture War
    taibbi.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    182 pts
    268 cmts
  26. 1326
    Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy
    li.substack.com20204 submissionsHN thread
    182 pts
    150 cmts
    1 person
  27. 1327
    Vets today are like doctors yesterday
    trevorklee.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    181 pts
    205 cmts
  28. 1328
    Java 8’s new Optional type doesn't solve anything
    medium.com20155 submissionsHN thread
    181 pts
    192 cmts
  29. 1329
    The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future revenues? (2017)
    medium.com2017–20183 submissionsHN thread
    180 pts
    168 cmts
  30. 1330
    Psychedelics and mental illness
    stuartritchie.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    180 pts
    156 cmts
    2 people
  31. 1331
    Why are toys such a bad business?
    diff.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    180 pts
    155 cmts
  32. 1332
    The Rise and Fall of Visual Basic
    medium.com2019–20215 submissionsHN thread
    180 pts
    151 cmts
  33. 1333
    Living and Dying on Airbnb
    medium.com2015–20205 submissionsHN thread
    180 pts
    54 cmts
    5 people
  34. 1334
    402: Payment Required
    medium.com20152 submissionsHN thread
    179 pts
    214 cmts
  35. 1335
    If All You Have Is a Database, Everything Looks Like a Nail
    pathelland.substack.com20202 submissionsHN thread
    179 pts
    154 cmts
  36. 1336
    The endless search for a crypto use case
    networked.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    178 pts
    265 cmts
  37. 1337
    Drug users use a lot of drugs
    astralcodexten.substack.com2021–20231 submissionHN thread
    178 pts
    185 cmts
    11 people
  38. 1338
    Mapping the US healthcare system’s financial flows
    healthisotherpeople.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    178 pts
    169 cmts
  39. 1339
    The time has come to replace file systems
    didgets.substack.com2022–20251 submissionHN thread
    177 pts
    295 cmts
    3 people
  40. 1340
    San Francisco Should Always Have a Subway Under Construction
    medium.com2015–20162 submissionsHN thread
    177 pts
    232 cmts
  41. 1341
    Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express
    thetransitguy.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    176 pts
    210 cmts
  42. 1342
    The Joy of Linux Desktop Environments
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    176 pts
    178 cmts
  43. 1343
    Snapchat’s product is booming
    bigtechnology.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    176 pts
    176 cmts
  44. 1344
    Congestion Pricing Is a Policy Miracle
    bettercities.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    175 pts
    328 cmts
    1 person
  45. 1345
    Scale Ruins Everything
    coldwaters.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    175 pts
    240 cmts
  46. 1346
    I'm Too Risk-Averse for Index Investing
    paranoidvalueinvestor.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    174 pts
    278 cmts
  47. 1347
    A board member's perspective of the RubyGems controversy
    apiguy.substack.com2025–20262 submissionsHN thread
    174 pts
    173 cmts
    3 people
  48. 1348
    65k fake students enrolled in the California junior college system
    openthebooks.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    174 pts
    162 cmts
    1 person
  49. 1349
    Who is going to replace Google for us?
    michaeldehaan.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    173 pts
    217 cmts
  50. 1350
    What a typical serverless architecture looks like in AWS
    medium.com20201 submissionHN thread
    173 pts
    182 cmts