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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. 1401
    Talent, luck and success: simulating meritocracy and inequality
    medium.com2018–20202 submissionsHN thread
    160 pts
    189 cmts
  2. 1402
    ADHD Didn't Break Me–My Parents Did
    claimingattention.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    160 pts
    178 cmts
  3. 1403
    What every founder fears
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    160 pts
    81 cmts
    5 people
  4. 1404
    The K-shaped recovery
    pomp.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    159 pts
    313 cmts
    1 person
  5. 1405
    It’s dangerous to think humans have a destiny outside Earth
    techeffect.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    159 pts
    306 cmts
  6. 1406
    Why do most top performers have the highest count of commits and pull requests?
    swecareer.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    159 pts
    185 cmts
  7. 1407
    Interview with Paul Graham
    pullrequest.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    159 pts
    168 cmts
  8. 1408
    An underrated idea: the priority view
    atis.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    159 pts
    166 cmts
  9. 1409
    “Multiple personality disorder” probably doesn't exist
    freddiedeboer.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    159 pts
    165 cmts
  10. 1410
    Inflation, part 1: On shelter futures
    jbconsulting.substack.com2022–20232 submissionsHN thread
    159 pts
    112 cmts
    6 people
  11. 1411
    How Retroactive makes Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes work again on macOS Catalina (2019)
    medium.com2020–20233 submissionsHN thread
    159 pts
    70 cmts
    3 people
  12. 1412
    The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think
    jenniferdaniel.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    158 pts
    357 cmts
  13. 1413
    On Being Disappeared
    chrishedges.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    158 pts
    221 cmts
  14. 1414
    Pharo, the Modern Smalltalk
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    157 pts
    171 cmts
  15. 1415
    The sea people: Alexander the Great trod in the footsteps of forgotten Greeks
    nemets.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    157 pts
    151 cmts
  16. 1416
    Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing”
    medium.com2017–20181 submissionHN thread
    156 pts
    248 cmts
    1 person
  17. 1417
    The long-awaited Friend Compound laws in California
    supernuclear.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    156 pts
    210 cmts
  18. 1418
    How to Interview Engineers
    defmacro.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    156 pts
    178 cmts
    1 person
  19. 1419
    Text Is Keeping Kids from Coding
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    156 pts
    166 cmts
  20. 1420
    Why I find IOTA alarming
    medium.com2017–20202 submissionsHN thread
    156 pts
    124 cmts
    5 people
  21. 1421
    What the Hell Is Up with Dilbert?
    meghanboilard.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    155 pts
    371 cmts
  22. 1422
    Why Young Men Go to War
    medium.com2015–20212 submissionsHN thread
    155 pts
    215 cmts
    2 people
  23. 1423
    How did I get so unhappy working in tech?
    thebuffgopher.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    155 pts
    173 cmts
  24. 1424
    Scarcity Truthers
    philo.substack.com20222 submissionsHN thread
    155 pts
    161 cmts
  25. 1425
    What People Think You Can’t Say in Silicon Valley
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    155 pts
    160 cmts
  26. 1426
    Metabolic and cellular differences between sedentary and active individuals
    howardluksmd.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    155 pts
    153 cmts
  27. 1427
    Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming languages
    medium.com2016–201924 submissionsHN thread
    155 pts
    150 cmts
    2 people
  28. 1428
    Brendan Eich, We’ve Failed You. I’m Sorry.
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    154 pts
    246 cmts
  29. 1429
    The case against caffeine
    zantafakari.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    154 pts
    242 cmts
  30. 1430
    How I have lost over 100 pounds and don’t know how
    medium.com20131 submissionHN thread
    154 pts
    159 cmts
  31. 1431
    The fake artists problem on streaming platforms
    tedgioia.substack.com2022–20231 submissionHN thread
    154 pts
    154 cmts
    1 person
  32. 1432
    Has LLM killed traditional NLP?
    medium.com20251 submissionHN thread
    154 pts
    152 cmts
  33. 1433
    The greatest resume I've ever seen
    cloudirregular.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    154 pts
    146 cmts
  34. 1434
    What happens when housing prices go down?
    clmarohn.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    153 pts
    333 cmts
    1 person
  35. 1435
    What people in tech had to say about JavaScript when it debuted in 1995 (2017)
    medium.com2017–20208 submissionsHN thread
    153 pts
    237 cmts
  36. 1436
    Everyone's getting ghosted, the new normal in tech recruiting
    medium.com2023–20241 submissionHN thread
    153 pts
    194 cmts
    1 person
  37. 1437
    How do poor countries get rich?
    thegoodblog.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    153 pts
    173 cmts
  38. 1438
    The problem of game developers receiving abusive messages
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    153 pts
    166 cmts
    1 person
  39. 1439
    There are not enough BTUs
    viscosityredux.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    152 pts
    235 cmts
  40. 1440
    The Case Against OOP Is Wildly Overstated
    medium.com20202 submissionsHN thread
    151 pts
    304 cmts
  41. 1441
    Europe is locking itself in to US LNG
    davekeating.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    151 pts
    250 cmts
  42. 1442
    Data from Chernobyl and Fukushima provide answers about the risks of nuclear
    medium.com20201 submissionHN thread
    151 pts
    163 cmts
  43. 1443
    Storming Reddit's Moat
    floodstate.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    151 pts
    157 cmts
  44. 1444
    A $500M call option on home gyms
    napkinmath.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    150 pts
    245 cmts
  45. 1445
    Futarchy: Robin Hanson on prediction markets
    richardhanania.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    150 pts
    193 cmts
  46. 1446
    Ruby Is Still a Diamond
    medium.com20211 submissionHN thread
    150 pts
    154 cmts
    1 person
  47. 1447
    How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed
    engineeringatscale.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    149 pts
    179 cmts
  48. 1448
    Is old music killing new music?
    tedgioia.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    148 pts
    377 cmts
  49. 1449
    A prominent composer lost his Wikipedia page
    tedgioia.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    148 pts
    176 cmts
  50. 1450
    Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and alcohol brands
    curingaddiction.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    147 pts
    197 cmts