Useful resources I keep coming back to.

Technical Blogs

Simon Willison’s Weblog Deep dives into LLMs, Python, and SQLite. Great practical AI insights.

High Scalability Real-world architecture deep dives. The Netflix and Uber case studies are fascinating.

Martin Fowler’s Blog Still the gold standard for software architecture writing.

Julia Evans Makes complex systems concepts accessible. Her zines are brilliant.

Brendan Gregg’s Blog The go-to resource for anything performance-related.

Podcasts

Dwarkesh Podcast In-depth conversations with leading AI researchers and builders. The Andrej Karpathy and other technical interviews are exceptional.

Tools I Use

httpie
Much nicer than curl for API testing.

jq
JSON processor that I somehow always forget the syntax for.

ripgrep
Faster grep that actually changed my daily workflow.

lazygit
Git TUI that makes complex git operations visual.

Learning Resources

Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol Docs
New but promising. Been experimenting with this lately.

OpenStack API Reference
Still the most comprehensive cloud infrastructure docs I’ve found.

Python Type Hints Cheat Sheet
Because I always forget the syntax for complex types.

Documentation Worth Reading

Stripe API Docs
Best example of how API documentation should be written.

Postgres Manual
Surprisingly readable for a database manual.

This list grows as I find more useful stuff. Quality over quantity.