A Survival Guide to a PhD (2016)(karpathy.github.io)

156 points by vismit2000 7 months ago | 94 comments

I wrote my PhD Thesis in Typst(fransskarman.com)

477 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 275 comments

A blog post by Frans Skarman about writing his PhD thesis in Typst instead of LaTeX, covering what worked well and what didn't.

Advice for Prospective PhD Students(gonzales.science)

43 points by lairv 3 years ago | 66 comments

A PhD in Snapshots(rbharath.github.io)

35 points by jxmorris12 1 year ago | 18 comments

Prolog's Eternal September (2017)(storytotell.org)

77 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 61 comments

How to ask for help from people who don't know you(pradyuprasad.com)

461 points by FigurativeVoid 3 months ago | 68 comments

A personal blog essay offering heuristics for asking strangers for help, centered on putting yourself in the other person's mind and showing proof of work.