Managing my motivation as a solo dev(mbuffett.com)

231 points by marcusbuffett 2 years ago | 64 comments

Claude Code is your customer(calebjohn.xyz)

61 points by mfbx9da4 9 months ago | 43 comments

A made-up name is better than no name(mbuffett.com)

55 points by marcusbuffett 1 year ago | 66 comments

Your app subscription is now my weekend project(rselbach.com)

501 points by robteix 9 months ago | 345 comments

Blog post by Roberto Selbach about replacing paid app subscriptions like Wispr Flow by vibecoding his own tools, such as a dictation app called Jabber.

A Modern Web App in C(prophitt.me)

678 points by prophittcorey 14 days ago | 303 comments

Corey Prophitt's blog post on building and shipping marketyour.games, a commercial web product written in C and served via CGI in 2026.

After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline(iwriteaboutcode.blogspot.com)

71 points by birdculture 11 months ago | 51 comments

I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)

705 points by jamesrandall 8 months ago | 556 comments

Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.

Hello, me. It's been a while(themech.net)

336 points by somesoftdev 2 months ago | 178 comments

A personal blog post in which a programmer returns after fourteen years to reflect on filling every quiet moment with podcasts, audiobooks, and social media.

Programming Isn't Special(blog.glyph.im)

219 points by ingve 17 days ago | 236 comments

Blog post by Glyph arguing that programming is creative work like art and that programmers should resist AI as artists and writers have.

Small programming tricks(will-keleher.com)

606 points by signa11 1 month ago | 266 comments

A blog post arguing that small nuggets of programming knowledge boost productivity, sharing examples like fzf-powered ctrl+r and python3 -m http.server.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

My old job feels distant now(pinecoder.dev)

28 points by speckx 10 days ago | 27 comments

A personal blog post on pinecoder.dev reflecting on how the author's previous job now feels distant.