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Best news sources and blogs to keep you informed about IT and Software Development

Posted by pyeri (edited )
Tags: programming, software development, software engineering, news, blogs, ask.recommendations

To be honest, I've bookmarked many but I'm too busy to actually read any of them! But from now onwards, I've decided to give them a try at least once each day, I just want to know from you which ones are better sources of information and which aren't. Feel free to add more to this list. In no particular order:

13 comments

  1. [3]
    Pistos
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    Tildes and https://lobste.rs/ are enough for me. I just don't want to spend too much time reading interesting things (because it's essentially an infinite supply, and therefore risks being a huge...

    Tildes and https://lobste.rs/ are enough for me. I just don't want to spend too much time reading interesting things (because it's essentially an infinite supply, and therefore risks being a huge time sink, especially factoring in reading comment trees).

    16 votes
    1. zenen
      Link Parent
      Agreed. There is absolutely no shortage of cool new projects out there and if I had to integrate them all into my mental model I'd be totally overwhelmed. I rely on getting my information from a...

      Agreed. There is absolutely no shortage of cool new projects out there and if I had to integrate them all into my mental model I'd be totally overwhelmed. I rely on getting my information from a couple of tech communities based around projects I'm already invested in - if it's relevant to someone else in the community then it's more likely to be relevant to me.

      6 votes
    2. pyeri
      Link Parent
      I agree. Information overload has become quite a headache. Somewhat related but perhaps worth mentioning is something I came across today: The PARA method. This is a way of making sense of all the...

      I agree. Information overload has become quite a headache.

      Somewhat related but perhaps worth mentioning is something I came across today: The PARA method. This is a way of making sense of all the information supplied by the interwebs by filing them into one of the four sections: Projects (Short term goals), Areas (Long term goals), Resources and Archives.

      4 votes
  2. xk3
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    Mostly agree with above, here are a few more: https://futureofcoding.org/ https://computer.rip/ GitHub Home is actually pretty good(?). Maybe I just follow interesting people. I would say it is...

    Mostly agree with above, here are a few more:

    • https://futureofcoding.org/
    • https://computer.rip/
    • GitHub Home is actually pretty good(?). Maybe I just follow interesting people. I would say it is more relevant to me than the HackerNews firehose of content. Although I still look at the first two pages of HN everyday of the previous day.
    • LinkLonk is also pretty good
    5 votes
  3. CunningFatalist
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    I think newsletters are a great way to stay informed. Here are some I enjoy: JetBrains newsletters (the PHP newsletter is very, very good) Off-by-one serverless newsletter (This is an excellent...

    I think newsletters are a great way to stay informed. Here are some I enjoy:

    4 votes
  4. first-must-burn
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    I think I picked it up from an article posted here on Tildes, but Simon Willison's blog made it into my feed reader, and I have found it to be a useful addition for tracking news about AI stuff....

    I think I picked it up from an article posted here on Tildes, but Simon Willison's blog made it into my feed reader, and I have found it to be a useful addition for tracking news about AI stuff. The commentary is useful, timely, and concise, and he often posts interesting quotes as well, which is close to my heart.

    4 votes
  5. Arbybear
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    https://danluu.com/ has some great, in-depth posts on a variety of software and tech topics.

    https://danluu.com/ has some great, in-depth posts on a variety of software and tech topics.

    2 votes
  7. grom
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    There's also this https://devurls.com/ which aggregates dev news from different sites

    There's also this https://devurls.com/ which aggregates dev news from different sites

    1 vote
  8. [4]
    zenen
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    Also - I want to read this article but I am not a Medium member. OP, can you help?

    Also - I want to read this article but I am not a Medium member. OP, can you help?

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      xk3
      Link Parent
      https://archive.is/eu26b

      https://archive.is/eu26b

      3 votes
      1. zenen
        Link Parent
        thanks! I ended up being underwhelmed by the content but I'm still quite whelmed by your assistance

        thanks! I ended up being underwhelmed by the content but I'm still quite whelmed by your assistance

    2. pyeri
      Link Parent
      Unfortunately, I'm a free member and this requires subscription :-(

      Unfortunately, I'm a free member and this requires subscription :-(

      The author made this story available to Medium members only. Upgrade to instantly unlock this story plus other member-only benefits.

      2 votes