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Re:Ask HN: Share your favorite software blog posts of 2023 on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @02:40AM (#38769652)
I haven't found my favorite this year, but instead I was heavily into newsletters. Currently I'm subscribed to:

https://www.pragmaticengineer.com/ - industry insights.

https://www.workspaces.xyz/ - people sharing their home office setup incl. photos.

https://bigtechdigest.substack.com/ - all recent tech articles from companies engineering blogs.

https://leaddev.com/ - leadership stuff.

https://hackernewsletter.com/ - weekly hackernews summary nicely split into categories.

https://www.ben-evans.com/ - product and business around tech with nice deep dives.

Ask HN: What are your favorite newsletters at the moment?

Posted by zachmjr on Friday December 22, 2023 @03:50PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I asked a similar question some time back and discovered many fantastic recommendations in the comments. I think it's not a bad idea to repeat it from time to time, so here we are! Let's start with the ones I currently recommend:https://www.pragmaticengineer.com/ - industry insights.https://www.workspaces.xyz/ - people sharing their home office setup incl. photos.https://leaddev.com/ -...

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Ask HN: What tech newsletters are you currently subscribing to? (August 2023)

Posted by zachmjr on Monday August 14, 2023 @05:08AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I asked the same question back in July, and then I thought let's make it a monthly thing from now on.Mine currently are:https://www.pragmaticengineer.com/https://bigtechdigest.substack.com/https://leaddev.com/https://www.ben-evans.com/ (thanks for recommendation tiffanyh)https://hackernewsletter.com/

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Re:Ask HN: How do you find airline tickets? on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:38AM (#36811855)
1. Using Google Flights to find flights based on my preferences. 2. Use VPN and incognito mode to check prices directly on airline websites. 3. Pick the cheapest option.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone else notice that HN isn’t full of JavaScript framewo... on Thursday July 20, 2023 @07:19AM (#36799006)
Similar to Spring in Java, React became de-facto a standard having now a thriving ecosystem and an enormous community. This is actually probably the largest community if you compare it to any other framework or programming language out there.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to resolve Git merge conflicts? on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @09:48AM (#36694466)
I use IntelliJ for that: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/resolve-conflicts.html