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168k objects in the archive · 2,631 ranked picks

Blog posts and Substacks that got recommended

PointsCommentsRecommendersNewest
  1. 1651
    New data shows Americans more miserable than we've been in half a century
    thewhyaxis.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    75 pts
    155 cmts
  2. 1652
    The Future Is Too Expensive – A New Theory on Collapsing Birth Rates
    medium.com20251 submissionHN thread
    74 pts
    220 cmts
  3. 1653
    Airbnb is 'sunsetting' React Native, reinvesting all efforts back into native
    medium.com2018–20256 submissionsHN thread
    74 pts
    25 cmts
    14 people
  4. 1654
    Lies, Damned Lies, and Vaccine Statistics
    drrollergator.substack.com2021–20221 submissionHN thread
    73 pts
    58 cmts
    4 people
  5. 1655
    Why Wall Street Gets a Bailout and You Don't
    mattstoller.substack.com2020–20225 submissionsHN thread
    72 pts
    31 cmts
    6 people
  6. 1656
    Deregulated energy markets accelerate solar adoption
    seanobannon.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    71 pts
    180 cmts
  7. 1657
    No, America is not collapsing
    noahpinion.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    70 pts
    235 cmts
  8. 1658
    The Perils of Audience Capture
    gurwinder.substack.com2022–20231 submissionHN thread
    70 pts
    35 cmts
    4 people
  9. 1659
    Scaling will never get us to AGI
    garymarcus.substack.com20243 submissionsHN thread
    69 pts
    151 cmts
  10. 1660
    Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop
    medium.com2020–20221 submissionHN thread
    69 pts
    35 cmts
    8 people
  11. 1661
    Something New Is Brewing
    medium.com20224 submissionsHN thread
    67 pts
    19 cmts
    5 people
  12. 1662
    The Low Cost of Cancelling Someone
    randomminds.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    66 pts
    160 cmts
  13. 1663
    Intelligence is not like height
    theinfinitesimal.substack.com2024–20261 submissionHN thread
    64 pts
    161 cmts
    1 person
  14. 1664
    Why 5 x 3 = 5 and 5 and 5 Was Marked Wrong
    medium.com20154 submissionsHN thread
    64 pts
    154 cmts
    2 people
  15. 1665
    'Cash cow' sales model for a macOS app
    medium.com2018–20202 submissionsHN thread
    64 pts
    38 cmts
    3 people
  16. 1666
    The Cost of JavaScript in 2018
    medium.com2018–20214 submissionsHN thread
    64 pts
    7 cmts
    5 people
  17. 1667
    Exit, pursued by a bear
    viscosityredux.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    63 pts
    161 cmts
  18. 1668
    Lessons from 6 Software Rewrite Stories
    medium.com2019–20226 submissionsHN thread
    63 pts
    1 cmts
    7 people
  19. 1669
    The Shroud of Turin: History and Legends
    michaelshermer.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    62 pts
    156 cmts
  20. 1670
    The AI water issue is fake
    andymasley.substack.com2025–20266 submissionsHN thread
    62 pts
    44 cmts
    10 people
  21. 1671
    Leaf ML framework ends development
    medium.com2016–20257 submissionsHN thread
    62 pts
    6 cmts
    3 people
  22. 1672
    The world’s easiest introduction to Machine Learning
    medium.com2015–202018 submissionsHN thread
    62 pts
    0 cmts
    5 people
  23. 1673
    The Housing Shortage Is Larger Than You Think
    kevinerdmann.substack.com20231 submissionHN thread
    61 pts
    158 cmts
  24. 1674
    Kids who get smartphones earlier become adults with worse mental health
    jonathanhaidt.substack.com20231 submissionHN thread
    61 pts
    33 cmts
    4 people
  25. 1675
    Thoughts on React license by an IP Attorney
    medium.com20173 submissionsHN thread
    61 pts
    8 cmts
    15 people
  26. 1676
    Coronavirus: Hammer and the Dance
    medium.com20203 submissionsHN thread
    61 pts
    3 cmts
    15 people
  27. 1677
    “Flattening the Curve” is a deadly delusion
    medium.com20204 submissionsHN thread
    60 pts
    29 cmts
    7 people
  28. 1678
    As an investor, why is crypto so hard to value?
    fundamentalinvestor.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    59 pts
    181 cmts
  29. 1679
    Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor,Threatening First Amendment
    greenwald.substack.com2021–20222 submissionsHN thread
    59 pts
    32 cmts
    5 people
  30. 1680
    Letter to Arc Members 2025
    browsercompany.substack.com2025–20261 submissionHN thread
    59 pts
    25 cmts
    7 people
  31. 1681
    Secrets and LIE-Abilities: The State of Modern Secret Management (2017)
    medium.com20172 submissionsHN thread
    59 pts
    3 cmts
    4 people
  32. 1682
    I Peeked into My Node_Modules Directory
    medium.com2018–20248 submissionsHN thread
    58 pts
    18 cmts
    6 people
  33. 1683
    Luxury beliefs are status symbols
    robkhenderson.substack.com2022–20233 submissionsHN thread
    57 pts
    46 cmts
    4 people
  34. 1684
    Should I Buy a House?
    cyberspace.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    55 pts
    161 cmts
  35. 1685
    The Problem with AI Welfare
    substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    55 pts
    151 cmts
    1 person
  36. 1686
    You’re Too Cheap to Fly Faster
    medium.com2013–20141 submissionHN thread
    55 pts
    70 cmts
    4 people
  37. 1687
    How Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, Restricted Advertising for Trump’s Campaign
    medium.com2016–201810 submissionsHN thread
    55 pts
    6 cmts
    3 people
  38. 1688
    New York Times Edited Bernie Sanders Article for Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    55 pts
    5 cmts
    4 people
  39. 1689
    Global fertility isn't just declining, it's collapsing
    fasterplease.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    54 pts
    145 cmts
  40. 1690
    I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site (2018)
    medium.com2020–20235 submissionsHN thread
    54 pts
    6 cmts
    10 people
  41. 1691
    How to Be Polite
    medium.com2014–20176 submissionsHN thread
    54 pts
    4 cmts
    4 people
  42. 1692
    Gravity is not a force
    superposer.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    53 pts
    148 cmts
  43. 1693
    “Standing Up for Us Plebs.” Amazon Leaders Reject Policy to Push Employees Out
    bigtechnology.substack.com2021–20221 submissionHN thread
    53 pts
    27 cmts
    4 people
  44. 1694
    Why you should come to LambdaConf anyway
    medium.com2016–20176 submissionsHN thread
    52 pts
    31 cmts
    9 people
  45. 1695
    Building a self-contained game in C# under 8 kilobytes
    medium.com2020–20252 submissionsHN thread
    52 pts
    5 cmts
    8 people
  46. 1696
    The Intellectual yet Idiot
    medium.com2017–20238 submissionsHN thread
    51 pts
    9 cmts
    16 people
  47. 1697
    Much easier to ruin a career than mess with a corporate cash cow
    taibbi.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    50 pts
    12 cmts
    9 people
  48. 1698
    Substack (YC W18) Is Hiring to Build a Better Business Model for Writing
    substack.com2013–202549 submissionsHN thread
    49 pts
    0 cmts
    9 people
  49. 1699
    Movie Review: Don't Look Up – By Scott Alexander
    astralcodexten.substack.com20223 submissionsHN thread
    48 pts
    9 cmts
    4 people
  50. 1700
    I Got Scammed by a Silicon Valley Startup
    medium.com2016–202219 submissionsHN thread
    48 pts
    2 cmts
    6 people