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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. 1501
    Brexit wins. An illusion dies
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    222 cmts
    1 person
  2. 1502
    The "AI 2027" Scenario: How realistic is it?
    garymarcus.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    222 cmts
    2 people
  3. 1503
    The architecture of “not bad”: Decoding the Chinese source code of the void
    suggger.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    129 pts
    146 cmts
  4. 1504
    Is Fortran “A Dead Language”? (2022)
    cpufun.substack.com20242 submissionsHN thread
    128 pts
    231 cmts
  5. 1505
    What Makes the Zig Programming Language Unique?
    erikexplores.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    223 cmts
  6. 1506
    I would like closure, but I'll take honesty
    freddiedeboer.substack.com2021–20231 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    190 cmts
    2 people
  7. 1507
    Ghost kitchens are dying
    davidrmann3.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    150 cmts
  8. 1508
    The Gaslighting of Science
    zeynep.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    128 pts
    146 cmts
  9. 1509
    Software 2.0
    medium.com2017–20217 submissionsHN thread
    128 pts
    58 cmts
    14 people
  10. 1510
    Social Justice Bullies: The Authoritarianism of Millennial Social Justice
    medium.com2015–20172 submissionsHN thread
    127 pts
    206 cmts
    1 person
  11. 1511
    There are too many video games
    bottomfeeder.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    127 pts
    166 cmts
  12. 1512
    We're Too Cheap to Fly Faster
    medium.com20131 submissionHN thread
    127 pts
    165 cmts
    1 person
  13. 1513
    MIT graduate student says income inequality is actually about housing
    medium.com2015–20217 submissionsHN thread
    127 pts
    100 cmts
    7 people
  14. 1514
    Twitter's only black engineer in leadership quits
    medium.com20153 submissionsHN thread
    126 pts
    216 cmts
  15. 1515
    Object-Oriented Programming: A Disaster Story
    medium.com2016–20196 submissionsHN thread
    126 pts
    83 cmts
    5 people
  16. 1516
    Is the Job Market Dying?
    rachdele.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    125 pts
    192 cmts
  17. 1517
    The mother of all crashes is coming and it won’t be fun
    medium.com20211 submissionHN thread
    125 pts
    190 cmts
  18. 1518
    Fusion Power Is About to Become a Reality?
    medium.com20192 submissionsHN thread
    125 pts
    169 cmts
  19. 1519
    Shitphone: A Love Story
    medium.com2015–20183 submissionsHN thread
    125 pts
    58 cmts
    4 people
  20. 1520
    What happens when the public lose confidence in academic findings?
    thomasprosser.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    251 cmts
  21. 1521
    How the CCP Does Job Promotions
    chinatalk.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    202 cmts
  22. 1522
    The Case for Higher Rates
    thelastbearstanding.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    180 cmts
  23. 1523
    The online sports gambling experiment
    thezvi.substack.com2024–20261 submissionHN thread
    124 pts
    127 cmts
    4 people
  24. 1524
    On “White Fragility”
    taibbi.substack.com2020–20211 submissionHN thread
    123 pts
    82 cmts
    5 people
  25. 1525
    Watching the World Wrecking
    lifeboat.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    169 cmts
  26. 1526
    Reddit: One of social media's oldest companies is also its most undervalued
    latecheckout.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    122 pts
    164 cmts
  27. 1527
    Detecting VPN (and its configuration) and proxy users on the server side
    medium.com2015–20162 submissionsHN thread
    122 pts
    23 cmts
    3 people
  28. 1528
    On Browser Tabs
    abuqader.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    121 pts
    186 cmts
  29. 1529
    How Georgists Valued land in the 1900's
    progressandpoverty.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    121 pts
    171 cmts
  30. 1530
    The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    121 pts
    150 cmts
  31. 1531
    Poor evidence that Q-tips are harmful
    residentcontrarian.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    120 pts
    167 cmts
  32. 1532
    Linux Sucks 2022
    lunduke.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    120 pts
    162 cmts
  33. 1533
    The software engineer’s guide to asserting dominance in the workplace
    medium.com2016–20256 submissionsHN thread
    120 pts
    61 cmts
    4 people
  34. 1534
    My MacBook Air M1 is dead
    medium.com20211 submissionHN thread
    119 pts
    184 cmts
  35. 1535
    The Economics of Star Trek (2013)
    medium.com2014–20181 submissionHN thread
    119 pts
    100 cmts
    10 people
  36. 1536
    The Intellectual Yet Idiot
    medium.com201622 submissionsHN thread
    119 pts
    38 cmts
    6 people
  37. 1537
    On being brought up by libertarian economists
    daviddfriedman.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    118 pts
    247 cmts
  38. 1538
    Why "everyone dies" gets AGI all wrong
    bengoertzel.substack.com20253 submissionsHN thread
    118 pts
    243 cmts
  39. 1539
    It matters how you raise your kids
    wyclif.substack.com2022–20241 submissionHN thread
    118 pts
    167 cmts
    1 person
  40. 1540
    How to Steal a Billion
    oversharing.substack.com20191 submissionHN thread
    118 pts
    146 cmts
  41. 1541
    Why a Slack Backlash Is Inevitable
    bigtechnology.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    117 pts
    148 cmts
  42. 1542
    Why I don't love Light Rail Transit
    danco.substack.com20191 submissionHN thread
    117 pts
    146 cmts
  43. 1543
    Turkey's Financial Crisis
    adamtooze.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    116 pts
    196 cmts
  44. 1544
    Religion as an Ego-modulator
    superbowl.substack.com20222 submissionsHN thread
    116 pts
    165 cmts
  45. 1545
    Airbnb’s Server-Driven UI System
    medium.com2021–20253 submissionsHN thread
    116 pts
    76 cmts
    6 people
  46. 1546
    Sun Microsystems PizzaTool (2018)
    medium.com2018–20223 submissionsHN thread
    116 pts
    71 cmts
    5 people
  47. 1547
    The F-35 as a Subscription Service
    xxtomcooperxx.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    114 pts
    182 cmts
  48. 1548
    Why ['1', '7', '11'].map(parseInt) returns [1, NaN, 3] in JavaScript
    medium.com20192 submissionsHN thread
    114 pts
    150 cmts
  49. 1549
    Building a professional design tool on the web using C++ and Emscripten
    medium.com2015–20173 submissionsHN thread
    114 pts
    14 cmts
    3 people
  50. 1550
    Why is every consumer startup selling me what I already own for 10x the price?
    mleverything.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    113 pts
    193 cmts