Blogroll

Blogs and writers I follow and recommend. These have shaped how I think about software, startups, and life.

Engineering

Julia Evans

Wizard zines, debugging, systems programming

Dan Abramov

Deep dives into React and JavaScript

Martin Fowler

Software architecture and design patterns

The Pragmatic Engineer

Big tech insights and career advice

Aaron Brethorst

Software engineering, AI, and agentic systems

Startups

Paul Graham

Essays on startups and life

Lenny's Newsletter

Product, growth, and career advice

Personal

Derek Sivers

Unconventional thoughts on life and business

Wait But Why

Long-form explorations of complex topics

Jamie Brandon

tech blog

Worth Reading

Individual articles I keep coming back to.

Domain Expertise Has Always Been the Real Moat

As AI automates code generation, deep domain knowledge becomes the true competitive advantage over programming skills alone.

by Aaron Brethorst

AI-Generated Guides

Comprehensive guides generated by AI models as a fun experiment.

The Magnetic Social Skills Guide (Claude)

How to start conversations, build charisma, tell better stories, navigate awkward moments, and flirt respectfully.

by Claude Opus 4.6

The Magnetic Social Skills Guide (Codex)

The same social skills guide prompt, generated by OpenAI Codex for comparison.

by OpenAI Codex