I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens(sethpurcell.com)

1028 points by arch_deluxe 1 year ago | 338 comments

Personal essay arguing that science museums like the Franklin Institute rely too heavily on screen-based exhibits instead of hands-on physical experiences.

Childhood Computing(susam.net)

225 points by blenderob 5 months ago | 110 comments

I Met Paul Graham Once(okayfail.com)

886 points by DamonHD 1 year ago | 547 comments

Personal essay by Phill Mendonça-Vieira recounting meeting Paul Graham at Y Combinator in 2015 and reflecting on feeling unsupported as a queer person in tech.

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.

Neato(notes.neatnik.net)

4 points by cdme 2 years ago | 0 comments

America's Greatest Strategic Blunder: The Imprisonment of Qian Xuesen(danieltan.weblog.lol)

78 points by danieltanfh95 5 months ago | 38 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.

I skipped to the ending(danangell.com)

520 points by BHSPitMonkey 3 years ago | 322 comments

A personal blog essay by Dan Angell reflecting on starting to make websites as a child in 2003 and how his path into a software career turned out.

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.

Being Raised by the Internet(jimmyhmiller.github.io)

792 points by DamonHD 2 years ago | 265 comments

Personal essay by Jimmy Miller about growing up poor with an absent mother and a father with schizophrenia, and how the internet helped raise him.

What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard(stevemagness.substack.com)

463 points by obscurette 5 months ago | 494 comments

Steve Magness essay arguing that restricting children's freedom to roam beyond their street or yard has costs, citing statistics on declining independence.

Disney erased FiveThirtyEight(natesilver.net)

395 points by 7777777phil 5 months ago | 210 comments

Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin essay on how Disney mismanaged and ultimately erased FiveThirtyEight's archive over ten years.