Blogs

A hand-curated directory of thousands of living personal blogs sorted by topic and recency of posting.

A curated GitHub list of blogs worth following across and beyond technology, useful for filling an RSS reader fast.

A live leaderboard of the personal blogs Hacker News upvotes most, with an OPML export for your feed reader.

Jason Kottke has been hand-posting interesting links since 1998, the archetype of the personal linkblog.

Tim Urban's stick-figure long reads that take a huge subject and refuse to stop until it makes sense.

Bruce Schneier's long-running commentary on cryptography, surveillance and security policy, readable by non-specialists.

The long-running personal blog and thought-archive of Glenn McDonald (creator of Every Noise at Once and former Spotify data alchemist), filled with deep essays and sharp analysis on music genres, streaming algorithms, data science, and the culture of the music industry.

Brian Potter explains why buildings, factories and infrastructure cost what they cost, a perennial Hacker News front-pager.

Alon Levy's data-heavy analysis of why transit construction is cheap in Spain and ruinous in New York.

Kevin Simler's essays on social status, self-deception and why humans do the strange things they do.