Pursuing status will never bring true happiness(every.to)

217 points by herbertl 3 years ago | 141 comments

An evidence-based guide to expanding your comfort zone(every.to)

70 points by caser 3 years ago | 17 comments

How to Balance Money and Meaning(every.to)

66 points by caser 3 years ago | 25 comments

Experiences won’t make you happier than possessions(every.to)

45 points by talonx 3 years ago | 42 comments

How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent(adaobi.substack.com)

255 points by mhb 2 years ago | 135 comments

On doing hard things(parv.bearblog.dev)

249 points by speckx 1 year ago | 88 comments

Move Slow and Fix Things(endler.dev)

54 points by ahmedhossamdev 3 days ago | 0 comments

Matthias Endler's essay arguing against VC-funded hustle culture and for small, bootstrapped, sustainable businesses, critiquing Paul Graham's startup advice.

Proof you can do hard things(blog.nateliason.com)

399 points by jamiegreen 3 years ago | 269 comments

Nat Eliason newsletter essay arguing that accomplishing difficult things is an essential part of one's "life resume."

Notes on Managing ADHD(borretti.me)

409 points by amrrs 1 year ago | 211 comments

A personal essay by Fernando Borretti on managing ADHD, divided into high-level strategies and micro-level tactics for tricking yourself into productivity.

A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work(mertbulan.com)

901 points by mertbio 1 year ago | 827 comments

Personal blog post by Mert Bulan reflecting, a year later, on how being laid off changed his relationship with work.

I stopped everything and started writing C again(kmx.io)

371 points by dvrj101 1 year ago | 392 comments

A personal blog post by a longtime freelance developer explaining why they moved from Ruby on Rails and Common Lisp back to writing C.

After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand(atmoio.substack.com)

747 points by mobitar 9 months ago | 544 comments

A Substack essay by Mo explaining why, after two years of relying on AI-assisted vibecoding, the author returned to writing code by hand.