My Favourite Feeds
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I am an avid user of RSS feeds. Checking my list reveals that I am subscribed to 530 feeds! In the spirit of sharing I thought it would be interesting to share a snapshot of my current reading list. This may prove an interesting resource for someone looking to get started with feeds or just to grow their existing subscription list.
I’ve tried to focus on feeds that are generally interesting and have high value per-post. So these should get you some interesting content without exploding your reading queue. I’ve also preferred feeds that contain the full article content so that you don’t need to leave your reader (although articles that require interactivity or are worth the click are still included). I have cut out feeds about specific software that I use or games I play as I don’t think most of these changelogs are very interesting unless you use that software. I’ve also cut out most of the higher-volume feeds and feeds that were specific to me (like a feed of outdated packages I maintain).
I’ve managed to cut down the list to 50 items. Still a good chunk, but I encourage you to read a post or two from each before subscribing and take the ones that interest you. Or just subscribe to them all then unsubscribe if you don’t find the posts interesting. That is one of the great things about RSS, subscribing costs nothing and unsubscribing is reliable. No one will save your email to spam you later.
If you just want to grab them all you can download this OPML file which can be imported into your feed reader. Or you can just follow along and subscribe to your favourites.
Below I’ve provided links to each site, as well as a direct link to the feed. I’ve also added a small summary which is typically copied from the site or feed itself, but may be added or edited by me if it didn’t seem very helpful. Items are just in alphabetical order.
News & Blogs
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
Some random thoughts about crypto. Notes from a course I teach. Pictures of my dachshunds.
Almost Secure
Focus on security.
Andrew Ayer
Blog typically focused on TLS and the Web PKI.
Aphyr: Posts
Blog focused on distributed systems especially consistency as well as software and Clojure in general.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
Interactive articles
Great interactive introductions to mechanisms and physics.
Bartosz Sypytkowski
Software dev blog
Especially CRDTs.
Bits about Money
About the modern financial infrastructure that the world sits atop of.
Filippo Valsorda
Posts on cryptography.
GNOME Shell & Mutter
Development blog for GNOME Shell and Mutter
GTK Development Blog
All things GTK
ImperialViolet
Adam Langley’s Weblog
Focus on cryptography, especially passkeys.
Jaz’s Blog
A space where I rant about computers
Focus on software performance.
Kevin Cox’s Blog
You’re reading it.
Kobzol’s blog
Blog about programming stuff.
Focus on Rust.
Mozilla Hacks
The Web developer blog.
On Life and Lisp
Software freedom, graphics, and gay.
PCG
A Better Random Number Generator.
Performance Matters
A blog about low-level software and hardware performance.
PostgreSQL and Databases in general
Database internals.
Random ASCII – tech blog of Bruce Dawson
Programming, tech topics, with a chance of unicycling
Stephen Colebourne’s blog
Thoughts and Musings on the world of Java and beyond.
Tyler Mandry
Focus on Rust.
V8
Without boats, dreams dry up
Xaver’s blog
More or less random posts about stuff in KDE and computer graphics.
baby steps
This blog is where I post up various half-baked ideas that I have.
Focus on Rust.
benjojo blog
Programming, Networking and some things I found hard to fix at some point
brr
Observations on Antarctic infrastructure. Anecdotes from daily life for support staff. Focused on McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
computers are bad
A newsletter on technology and its problems and also whatever else
cr.yp.to blog
D. J. Bernstein’s personal weblog.
Focus on cryptography.
Dolphin Emulator
Posts about the Dolphin GameCube and Wii emulator with in-depth technical information.
what if?
Answering your hypothetical questions with physics, every Tuesday.
Spoiler: Not every Tuesday.
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman’s blog
I’m currently working on a no-nonsense blogging platform and a GPT-powered socratic tutor.
Comics
Loading Artist
Poorly Drawn Lines
Sarah’s Scribbles
sticky comics
webcomic name
the same joke every time
Videos
Breaking Taps
Homepage Nebula Feed YouTube Feed
CGP Grey
Captain Disillusion
Hbomberguy
Homepage Nebula Feed YouTube Feed
Practical Construction
Homepage Nebula Feed YouTube Feed
Practical Engineering
Homepage Nebula Feed YouTube Feed
Retro Game Mechanics Explained
Simone Giertz
Technology Connections
Veritasium
Zogg from Betelgeuse
video.xiph.org
Xiph.Org’s video series about digital media.