distractionware
distractionware.com
A long-running personal site from the designer of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV.
A London Inheritance
alondoninheritance.com
The site pairs archival photographs with contemporary views, offering a longitudinal study of London's streets and buildings.
Second Breakfast
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
Second Breakfast is the personal blog of Audrey Watters, a prominent critic of education technology.
Adrian Courrèges – Graphics Studies & Projects
www.adriancourreges.com
Adrian Courrèges dissects graphics rendering in major games, providing frame-by-frame breakdowns with annotated screenshots.
Andrey Akinshin's Homepage
aakinshin.net
This site hosts in-depth technical articles on software performance, benchmarking methodologies, and statistical analysis.
Hundred Rabbits
100r.co
Hundred Rabbits is the digital home of Rek and Devine, a two-person software studio that creates open-source tools, games, and art while sailing a boat.
QuirksMode - for all your browser quirks
www.quirksmode.org
A long-running independent resource by Peter-Paul Koch, documenting real-world browser rendering issues across desktop and mobile.
Aaron Swartz
www.aaronsw.com
This is the personal website of Aaron Swartz, an internet activist and programmer.
Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho
www.chriskrycho.com
A personal website by Chris Krycho, a software engineer and essayist, featuring in-depth articles on theology, technology, and their intersections.
Hyperbole and a Half
hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com
Hyperbole and a Half combines simple, childlike drawings with sharp, self-deprecating humor and moments of genuine reflection on mental health.
Rice-Boy.com
rice-boy.com
The site hosts the complete Rice Boy webcomic, a sprawling narrative set in a strange, dreamlike world.
yurichev.com
yurichev.com
A rich collection of self-published books and articles on reverse engineering, assembly language, and low-level programming.
Absorptions
www.windytan.com
The site is a long-running blog that documents projects in signal processing, from decoding radio data to creating music with technology.
Longreads
longreads.com
Longreads curates the best longform nonfiction from across the web.
Rattle Poetry
rattle.com
Rattle is a poetry magazine that has been publishing accessible, emotionally resonant poems since 1995.
The Marginalian
www.themarginalian.org
The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) is a long-running blog by Maria Popova, offering insightful essays on literature, art, science, and philosophy.
Guru's Lair
www.tinaja.com
The site holds decades of technical articles, electronics tutorials, and offbeat insights from Don Lancaster.
Tyranid's Lair
www.tiraniddo.dev
The blog contains detailed write-ups on Windows security mechanisms, vulnerability discovery, and low-level system internals.
ThereminGoat's Switches
www.theremingoat.com
This site houses an extensive library of typed reviews and measured specifications for hundreds of mechanical keyboard switches.
Scope of Work
www.scopeofwork.net
Scope of Work publishes in-depth essays on manufacturing, craft, and the culture of work.
Schneier on Security
www.schneier.com
Bruce Schneier has been writing about security and privacy for decades, offering deep, well-reasoned analysis on topics from cryptography to public policy.
Möbius Strip Reverse Engineering
www.msreverseengineering.com
The site hosts long-form technical articles dissecting malware and software internals.
Molly White
www.mollywhite.net
Molly White's site hosts incisive, deeply researched critiques of cryptocurrency and web3, underpinned by software engineering expertise and a commitment to transparency.
Lexaloffle Games
www.lexaloffle.com
Lexaloffle's site provides access to PICO-8, a virtual console for making and playing tiny games.