Remembering Doug Lenat and his quest to capture the world with logic(writings.stephenwolfram.com)

148 points by andyjohnson0 3 years ago | 59 comments

Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre(wordonfire.org)

125 points by danielam 1 year ago | 54 comments

Kevin Mitnick has died(dignitymemorial.com)

3604 points by thirtyseven 3 years ago | 589 comments

Dignity Memorial obituary page for Kevin David Mitnick, the famed hacker and security consultant, who lived from August 6, 1963 to July 16, 2023.

Bruce Lee and Me(kareem.substack.com)

182 points by yla92 3 years ago | 53 comments

Turning 40(andreabergia.com)

6 points by speckx 10 months ago | 0 comments

Margaret Atwood Reviews a Margaret Atwood Story by AI(thewalrus.ca)

72 points by goldenskye 3 years ago | 58 comments

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.

Grief gets an expiration date, just like us(bessstillman.substack.com)

427 points by LaurenSerino 1 year ago | 200 comments

A Substack personal essay by Bess Stillman about grieving her husband Jake a year after his death and how society expects grief to expire.

Grieving the loss of details(purplesyringa.moe)

448 points by signa11 20 days ago | 352 comments

A personal blog post by purplesyringa reflecting on grieving the loss of low-level coding details as the industry shifts toward vibecoding and architecture-focused work.

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.

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.

The year I didn't survive(bessstillman.substack.com)

856 points by LaurenSerino 1 year ago | 220 comments

Personal essay by Bess Stillman on how her husband's death from cancer and the birth of her daughter in the same year transformed her brain, body, and sense of self.