How to let go: Jake's life ends as his daughter's begins(jakeseliger.com)

71 points by noonday 2 years ago | 1 comments

Starting Hospice(jakeseliger.com)

1108 points by jdkee 2 years ago | 140 comments

Jake Seliger's blog post announcing he is entering hospice after his squamous cell carcinoma progressed and efforts to find another clinical trial failed.

Turning two lives into one, or, things that worry me about Bess, after I’m gone(jakeseliger.com)

22 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 1 comments

On being ready to die, and yet also now being able to swallow ice cream(jakeseliger.com)

209 points by theoldlove 3 years ago | 104 comments

If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get in touch(jakeseliger.com)

315 points by abecedarius 3 years ago | 217 comments

I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach(jakeseliger.com)

723 points by theoldlove 3 years ago | 386 comments

Jake Seliger's blog post describing his terminal squamous cell carcinoma and arguing that FDA delays keep potentially life-saving treatments out of reach.

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.

Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)

908 points by A_D_E_P_T 2 years ago | 189 comments

Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.

Why I still blog after 15 years(jonashietala.se)

447 points by lawn 2 years ago | 215 comments

Jonas Hietala's personal blog post reflecting on why he has kept blogging for 15 years and how the blog started.

My Friend Aaron(rorz.io)

562 points by sarreph 2 months ago | 152 comments

A short story by Rory McMeekin on his personal blog about a school friend, Aaron, who obsessed over things like World of Warcraft instead of studying.

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.

We mourn our craft(nolanlawson.com)

634 points by ColinWright 8 months ago | 737 comments

Nolan Lawson's blog post lamenting how AI coding tools are reducing programmers to code reviewers and mourning the loss of the programming craft.