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Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 8,940 posts.
Life, Learning & Writing
Any year
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Baking with machine learning (2020)
Like many people, I’ve been entertaining myself at home by baking a ton. I’ve gotten pretty good at following recipes, but I decided I wanted to take things one step further and understand the science behind what differentiates a cake from a bread or a cookie. I also like machine learning so I thought: what if I could…
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Legally Free Python Books List
Searching for the best legally free Python books can be overwhelming with so many broken links and outdated resources. This curated list provides over 80 high-q...
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Public speaking for normal people
I just gave a presentation on 42Floors to 150 people. It went well. I was really proud of: 1) our team, 2) our product and 3) the way we were able to present it. It was as if we were telling people about it in our living room, but there just happened to be 150 people there. Afterwards, several people told me that it…
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The best things and stuff of 2020
Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2020. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new.
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How I came to write “Tidy First?” tl;dr it took 18 years
Taking a software design course in college (Go Ducks!), we used Ed Yourdon (RIP) & Larry Constantine’s book Structured Design as a text.
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Putting Down the Pen: Reflecting on Oryx’s Journey
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Dear everyone, I had always imagined 'penning' this farewell someday. You see, the journey of...
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The (logarithmic) calendar I want
I was looking at my Google Calendar tonight and I realized that this software was encouraging a way of thinking about time which has signifi...
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Julia
An aphasic space station monitors an anomalous object, while keeping the last two humans alive.
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Adventures in Piano Building
Turning a mouse house into a musical marvel.
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I beg you to follow Crocker's Rules, even if you will be rude to me
[2026-03-16 Mon 03:09] Since this might be prone to misinterpretation as an excuse to treat people rudely, a clarification is warranted. Being direct is not rude, and this style of communication assumes an established …
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Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain
FROM BEING A WASTE TO THE BATHER AND COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING IT BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLICK
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Solar panels + cold = A potential problem
You purchased a new Delta Pro and looked up the specifications - Delta Pro can take up to 1600w/150v/15a of solar input. Then you buy four EcoFlow 400w Rigid solar panels to plug them in series.
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Famous cognitive psychology experiments that failed to replicate
A quick reference
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The weight of the clipboard
Happens to me when I cut something. A strange feeling.
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I ate and reviewed every snack in our office kitchen
Office Snacks ranked from banana to jerky to grapes. See which boost productivity, which wreck your desk—and why snacks reveal more than you think.
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I avoid using LLMs as a publisher and writer
Disclaimer: I am a book publisher & I love technology.
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Biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s (2024)
Time marches on predictably, but biological aging is anything but constant, according to a new Stanford Medicine study.
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When the cheap one is the cool one
Apple and Porsche both figured out the same secret that the cheapest product in the lineup can be the most exciting. It just takes a little intention.
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Aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of metastatic cancer in mice: study
Tel Aviv University researchers find that exercise defeats cancer by increasing glucose consumption
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Bridge to Nowhere
Taking a closer look at the opening act of a glioblastoma diagnosis.