Distributed Systems Classics (2017)(nvartolomei.com)
329 points by grep_it | 68 comments
A curated reading list of classic, influential distributed systems research papers, such as Lamport's work on clocks and Byzantine generals, with DOI links.
#reading-list on Hacker News
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Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't(crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com)
646 points by DarkContinent | 200 comments
A reading list page from the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't site recommending books for people who want to teach themselves botany.
30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format(30papers.com)
592 points by notmcrowley | 98 comments
A website presenting the rumoured list of ML papers Ilya Sutskever gave John Carmack (27 known so far) in a beginner-friendly format.
The best things and stuff of 2025(blog.fogus.me)
370 points by adityaathalye | 82 comments
Fogus's annual personal list of favorite posts, articles, videos, books, and other things discovered in 2025, with short commentary on each.
Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025(hackernews-readings-613604506318.us-west1.run.app)
550 points by seinvak | 193 comments
A web app listing books mentioned in Hacker News comments during 2025, ranked by mention count with the related comments shown alongside.
Writing that changed how I think about programming languages(bernsteinbear.com)
388 points by r4um | 48 comments
A blog post listing papers, posts, and videos on programming languages and compilers that changed the author's thinking, with short commentary on each.
AI Engineer Reading List(latent.space)
400 points by ingve | 56 comments
Latent Space post listing 50 papers, models, and blogs across 10 AI engineering fields such as LLMs, benchmarks, prompting, RAG, agents, and finetuning.
Books I Loved Reading in 2024(thoughts.wyounas.com)
374 points by simplegeek | 149 comments
A Substack post by Waqas Younas listing and discussing the books he most enjoyed reading in 2024.
AI Canon(a16z.com)
446 points by nihit-desai | 196 comments
Andreessen Horowitz's "AI Canon," a curated list of resources for learning about modern AI and generative AI, by Derrick Harris, Matt Bornstein, and Guido Appenzeller.