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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. 101
    A Pre-History of Slashdot
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    751 pts
    350 cmts
  2. 102
    Bootstrapping a SaaS Startup from Scratch
    medium.com2016–20175 submissionsHN thread
    747 pts
    104 cmts
    4 people
  3. 103
    Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs
    experimentalhistory.substack.com20222 submissionsHN thread
    744 pts
    348 cmts
    2 people
  4. 104
    The Insecurity Industry
    edwardsnowden.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    743 pts
    368 cmts
    3 people
  5. 105
    Be careful what you copy: Invisibly inserting usernames into text
    medium.com2018–20224 submissionsHN thread
    742 pts
    192 cmts
    2 people
  6. 106
    Firing programmers for AI is a mistake
    defragzone.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    741 pts
    847 cmts
    1 person
  7. 107
    Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech industry
    medium.com2016–201911 submissionsHN thread
    740 pts
    1,006 cmts
    3 people
  8. 108
    HSBC is killing my business, piece by piece
    medium.com2017–20231 submissionHN thread
    739 pts
    280 cmts
    1 person
  9. 109
    Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
    astralcodexten.substack.com2021–20231 submissionHN thread
    735 pts
    755 cmts
    36 people
  10. 110
    How I Got my $3500 Camera Kit Stolen on KitSplit
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    735 pts
    387 cmts
    1 person
  11. 111
    Robert Scoble and Me
    medium.com2017–20182 submissionsHN thread
    734 pts
    337 cmts
    4 people
  12. 112
    7 Rejections
    medium.com2015–20205 submissionsHN thread
    725 pts
    192 cmts
    6 people
  13. 113
    Engineered Addictions
    masonyarbrough.substack.com20252 submissionsHN thread
    722 pts
    451 cmts
  14. 114
    Harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from websites
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    720 pts
    121 cmts
    1 person
  15. 115
    Three Years as a One-Man Startup
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    718 pts
    218 cmts
  16. 116
    Digital Exile: How I Got Banned for Life from AirBnB
    medium.com2018–20193 submissionsHN thread
    717 pts
    369 cmts
    3 people
  17. 117
    “User engagement” is code for “addiction”
    medium.com20211 submissionHN thread
    711 pts
    266 cmts
    1 person
  18. 118
    People Call Me Aaron
    medium.com2016–20265 submissionsHN thread
    710 pts
    107 cmts
    1 person
  19. 119
    Pirated Courses on Udemy
    medium.com2015–20202 submissionsHN thread
    706 pts
    236 cmts
    4 people
  20. 120
    No one expects young men to do anything and they are responding by doing nothing
    robkhenderson.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    704 pts
    1,098 cmts
    1 person
  21. 121
    The Other Side of Diversity
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    704 pts
    447 cmts
  22. 122
    X to close
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    704 pts
    195 cmts
  23. 123
    How to start a company with no free time
    medium.com2016–20184 submissionsHN thread
    704 pts
    177 cmts
  24. 124
    The most precious resource is agency
    simonsarris.substack.com2021–20231 submissionHN thread
    701 pts
    325 cmts
    1 person
  25. 125
    How Product Hunt really works
    medium.com2015–20194 submissionsHN thread
    699 pts
    222 cmts
    4 people
  26. 126
    Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts
    medium.com20221 submissionHN thread
    699 pts
    186 cmts
    1 person
  27. 127
    Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online
    ellsberg.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    698 pts
    1,033 cmts
  28. 128
    Librarians are dangerous
    bradmontague.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    698 pts
    643 cmts
  29. 129
    Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess
    dynomight.substack.com2024–20251 submissionHN thread
    696 pts
    474 cmts
    3 people
  30. 130
    I no longer understand my PhD dissertation
    medium.com2016–20198 submissionsHN thread
    696 pts
    271 cmts
    3 people
  31. 131
    I convinced HP's board to buy Palm and watched them kill it
    philmckinney.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    687 pts
    497 cmts
  32. 132
    One kitchen, hundreds of internet restaurants
    peabee.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    685 pts
    355 cmts
  33. 133
    Modern Software Over-Engineering Mistakes
    medium.com2016–202420 submissionsHN thread
    680 pts
    180 cmts
    1 person
  34. 134
    You don’t need standups
    medium.com20182 submissionsHN thread
    678 pts
    333 cmts
    1 person
  35. 135
    Embeddings are a good starting point for the AI curious app developer
    bawolf.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    675 pts
    174 cmts
  36. 136
    YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account
    medium.com20201 submissionHN thread
    674 pts
    263 cmts
  37. 137
    Life before smartphones (2020)
    mattruby.substack.com2021–20262 submissionsHN thread
    673 pts
    483 cmts
  38. 138
    What happens when a culture is driven by the need for money to make more money
    medium.com20152 submissionsHN thread
    672 pts
    485 cmts
    2 people
  39. 139
    Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature
    thebigtech.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    671 pts
    420 cmts
  40. 140
    The darker side of being a doctor (2017)
    drericlevi.substack.com20242 submissionsHN thread
    668 pts
    567 cmts
  41. 141
    An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors
    medium.com20176 submissionsHN thread
    664 pts
    377 cmts
  42. 142
    Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy Is Killing You
    medium.com2020–20241 submissionHN thread
    662 pts
    403 cmts
    9 people
  43. 143
    Are you a baby? A litmus test
    haleynahman.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    660 pts
    309 cmts
  44. 144
    Mental health is still an issue in the workplace
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    659 pts
    330 cmts
    1 person
  45. 145
    Unexpected things that are people
    bengoldhaber.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    658 pts
    300 cmts
  46. 146
    The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
    addyo.substack.com2024–20251 submissionHN thread
    649 pts
    433 cmts
    3 people
  47. 147
    Vue.js: the good, the meh, and the ugly
    medium.com20182 submissionsHN thread
    649 pts
    385 cmts
  48. 148
    Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison
    blogsystem5.substack.com2024–20261 submissionHN thread
    648 pts
    609 cmts
    2 people
  49. 149
    Why I turned down $500K and shut down my startup
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    648 pts
    175 cmts
  50. 150
    Introducing Lottie: Airbnb's tool for adding animations to native apps
    medium.com2017–20204 submissionsHN thread
    646 pts
    97 cmts