Blogroll & Useful Links

People and resources that inspire me, teach me things, or make me think.

📝 Blogs I Follow

AI & Development

• Simon Willison’s Weblog - AI, Python, web development
• Anthropic Blog - Claude updates and research
• OpenAI Blog - GPT and AI research

Personal Development Blogs

• Derek Sivers - Life, business, philosophy
• Paul Graham - Essays on startups and life
• Maggie Appleton - Digital gardening, visual thinking

Technical Writing

• Tania Rascia - Web development tutorials
• Josh W Comeau - Frontend, React, CSS
• CSS-Tricks - Web design and development

🛠️ Tools & Resources

AI Tools

• Claude - My primary AI assistant
• Claude Code - AI for the command line
• Cline - VS Code AI extension

Learning

• MDN Web Docs - Best web dev reference
• freeCodeCamp - Free coding education
• The Odin Project - Full-stack curriculum
• Roadmap.sh - Developer roadmaps

Inspiration

• Uses.tech - What people use to work
• NowNowNow - /now pages from around the web
• Indie Hackers - Building products independently

Hugo & Static Sites

• Hugo Docs - Official Hugo documentation
• Hugo Themes - Theme gallery
• JAMstack - Modern web development

Design

• Dribbble - Design inspiration
• Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
• Refactoring UI - Design for developers

📚 Books That Influenced Me

On Writing & Thinking

• “On Writing Well” by William Zinsser
• “The Elements of Style” by Strunk & White
• “Show Your Work” by Austin Kleon

On Building Things

• “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries
• “Rework” by Jason Fried & DHH
• “The Pragmatic Programmer” by Hunt & Thomas

(Add your own favorites!)

🎙️ Podcasts

• Syntax.fm - Web development
• ShopTalk Show - Web design and development
• The Changelog - Open source conversations
• Lex Fridman Podcast - AI, science, life

(Add what you actually listen to!)

🔗 Useful One-Off Resources

• Can I Use - Browser support tables
• DevDocs - Fast documentation browser
• Excalidraw - Sketching & wireframing
• Carbon - Beautiful code screenshots
• Regex101 - Regex tester

💬 Communities

• Dev.to - Developer community
• Hashnode - Blogging for developers
• r/webdev - Web development subreddit
• r/learnprogramming - Learning to code

🌟 Personal Sites I Admire

(Sites with great design, writing, or vibe)

• Maggie Appleton - Digital garden aesthetic
• Josh W Comeau - Interactive tutorials
• Cassie Evans - Playful animations
• Tania Rascia - Clean, helpful content

📨 Suggestions?

Know a great resource I’m missing? Open an issue or leave a comment on a post!

This is a living document. I update it as I discover new things.

Last updated: October 19, 2024