On a supposedly difficult thing
We often hear that making small incremental improvements every day can lead to great things. This popular piece of advice rings true, and it’s a powerful reminder to keep pushing ourselves forward.
A classic anecdote about skill vs. experience in programming
an unlikely person
The secret to fully typed web apps is typing the boundaries
What I found in the mire
Connect with developers sharing the strategies and revenue numbers behind their companies and side projects
discernment is good, discernment is hard
An anticapitalist tech blog. Embrace the technology that liberates us. Smash that which does not
Stories of folks reaching Staff Engineer roles
A new way to think about brainpower
80/20 guide on how to make your blog posts look pretty
Salary negotiation advice, mostly for engineers
I like computers!
Explained from First Principles is a technology, science, and philosophy blog for curious people
What matters in tech?
Hacking the happiness treadmill
An surface-level exploration of Nix as a technology, and what I find most useful about it
You Could Just Choose Optimism There’s something strange and a little awe-inspiring about hearing someone ask for champagne on a two-hour domestic flight....
Friendly tutorials for developers. Focus on React, CSS, Animation, and more!
Debits and credits are easy to understand
It became real when I saw the list. When I saw the rubric
some notes on an endless skill
A 3D animated visualization of an LLM with a walkthrough
A metascience post of sorts that argues we should take human capital more seriously
A self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City
Personal website of Gwern Branwen (writer, self-experimenter, and programmer)
What I think about when I'm lead engineer on a project
Personal website of Sam Rose
Xe Iaso's personal website
Pleasant but seemingly minor features in personal sites
Mathematics with a distinct visual perspective. Linear algebra, calculus, neural networks, topology, and more
Just a programmer trying to make a home for myself on the WWW