Blogs 12 specimens

Long-form worth subscribing to.

Key
X · 01

Simon Willison

free stack high rel.

Multiple posts per day on LLMs, coding agents, Datasette, Python. Essential for AI/agent-era tracking.

simonwillison.net
X · 02

Julia Evans

free high rel.

Gold standard for accessible systems writing. Monthly cadence.

jvns.ca
X · 03

Dan Abramov / overreacted.io

free

Thoughtful and idiosyncratic. Active 2026.

overreacted.io
X · 04

Rachel by the Bay

free

Terse, HN-front-page regular. Pairs with Dan Luu archive.

rachelbythebay.com/w/
X · 05

Fabien Sanglard

free

Meticulous, illustrated. Irreplaceable for game engine internals.

fabiensanglard.net
X · 06

Xe Iaso

free

Essential for modern anti-scraping and Go infra.

xeiaso.net/blog/
X · 07

Oxide Computer blog

free

Corporate but individual-authored. Rare production+rigor combo.

oxide.computer/blog
X · 08

Marc Brooker

free stack high rel.

Production scale + formal rigor + clear prose. Essential.

brooker.co.za/blog/
X · 09

Josh Comeau

free

Low volume, reference-quality. Subgrid, linear(), animation-timeline API deep dives.

joshwcomeau.com
X · 10

Drew DeVault

free

Opinionated but technically substantive. FOSS politics + systems.

drewdevault.com
X · 11

Nikita Prokopov / Tonsky

free

Consistently high-signal, visual craft.

tonsky.me
X · 12

Cassidy Williams

free

Regular cadence, strong newsletter tie-in.

cassidoo.co