Programming
535 sites
https://barhamon.com/
Serhiy Barhamon is a lifelong programmer whose personal site blends software engineering notes, book reviews, and adventurous travel logs including a 1000km bicycle ride from Geneva to Barcelona with a broken rib. The site covers a wide range of interests but centers on software development, with sections on domain-driven design, running LLMs locally, and reflections on startup life.
https://simonwillison.net/
Simon Willison's long-running weblog covers programming, AI, LLMs, and web development with deeply technical posts, curated links, and TIL (Today I Learned) entries stretching back to 2002. The site is a rich resource for developers and AI enthusiasts, featuring hands-on experiments with tools like Claude and GPT alongside commentary on open-source software and computer science topics.
https://ring.purduehackers.com/
A webring connecting members and alumni of the Purdue Hackers club, a student hacking and maker community at Purdue University. Notably, the ring software itself was written in Rust, reflecting the technical spirit of its members.
http://dotnetguts.blogspot.com/2007/02/ease-of-applying-globalization-and.html
A technical blog covering ASP.NET, C#, SQL, jQuery, and the broader .NET framework ecosystem with practical tutorials and code examples. This particular post walks through implementing globalization and localization in ASP.NET 2.0 step by step, making it a useful reference for developers working with multi-language web applications.
https://dampfkraft.com/
Paul O'Leary McCann's personal site and blog covers Japanese language technology, NLP tools, retro gaming culture, and programming curiosities from his base near Tokyo. Highlights include deep dives into Unicode oddities, Japanese postal CSV parsing, play-by-postcard RPGs from the 90s, and a procedural Palladian facade generator featured on ArchDaily.
https://jahanrashidi.com/
Jahan Rashidi's personal site covers a mix of programming projects, constructed languages (artlangs), photography, dreams, and random musings. The 'artlangs' section in particular stands out as a niche interest, making this a curious blend of technical and creative hobbyist content.
https://quinnpollock.net/
Quinn Pollock is a programmer who shares personal projects including a queer tech podcast, a D&D actual play podcast, and a film tracker for movies directed by women. The site blends tech work with personal reflections, book thoughts, and live feeds of what Quinn is currently watching, listening to, and reading.
http://aristobit.com/blog/pages/in-an-octopus-s-garden-with-you
A reflective blog post by a Recurse Center participant exploring the immersive software intensive program, its culture of self-directed learning, and personal takeaways about creative coding and exploration. The writing offers an insider look at how the Recurse Center structures its batches and how participants navigate technical growth alongside community.
https://thorn.co/
Chris Thorn's personal tech blog focuses on software development, with a particular love for Vim, esoteric programming languages, and performance optimization. Posts range from practical Vim scripting tips to explorations of oddities like the Befunge language and React rendering behavior.
https://spaulmark.github.io/
Spencer Paulmark's personal developer page showcases two original programming projects, including Big Brother Bots, a simulation game with 300+ premade casts and complex state management, and Project LSG, an experimental social network visualizer built on real online game data. Clean and minimal, the site offers source code links and blog posts for each project, giving a peek into the developer's interests in social simulation and network visualization.