HN blogs - 26/8/25
Do blogs need to be so lonely? https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/do-blogs-need-to-be-so-lonely/ (HN source)
From Bug Bounties to $100M Exit: The Bootstrapped Journey of AssetNote
Algorithms to Live By: Sliding Window https://jordangoodman.bearblog.dev/algorithms-to-live-by-sliding-window/ (HN source)
Antonym of the Market https://www.nicita.cc/blog/antonym-of-the-market (HN source)
H2cbambulab https://blog.bambulab.com/h2c-is-on-the-way-heres-how-it-all-started/ (HN source)
How to use LLMs for studying without bullshitting yourself https://www.hellmayr.com/blog/2025-08-26-study-with-ai (HN source)
Can LLMs Dream of Electric Sheep? https://sankalp.bearblog.dev/can-llms-dream-of-electric-sheep/ (HN source)
Learning how MCP works by reading logs – and building MCP Interceptor https://thomasgauvin.com/writing/learning-how-mcp-works-by-reading-logs-and-building-mcp-interceptor/ (HN source)
Make and SQL: An old new way for Data Science workloads https://vasvir.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/make-sql-an-old-new-way-for-data-science-workloads/ (HN source)
How I know I'm working with a strong engineer https://www.seangoedecke.com/thoughts-about-engineers/ (HN source)
SMS URLs https://sethmlarson.dev/sms-urls (HN source)
I reverse-engineered a bug in my PPO agent that gave it a 9x performance boost https://theprincipledagent.com/2025/08/26/forensic-rl-investigating-a-surprisingly-successful-bug-breakout-baseline-5/ (HN source)
Thoughts on systems thinking and production excellence from Release It https://www.stevenoxley.com/blog/2025/08/26/robust-software-clear-thinking-and-production-excellence-in-release-it/ (HN source)
Is day trading better than buy-and-hold?
Building an audience for ideas that last
I Bought an N100 Mini PC, Then Another https://blog.alexellis.io/n100-mini-computer/ (HN source)
Right to Root Access https://medhir.com/blog/right-to-root-access? (HN source)
Inside CPython's attribute lookup https://antocuni.eu/2025/08/25/inside-cpythons-attribute-lookup/ (HN source)
Rv, a new kind of Ruby management tool https://andre.arko.net/2025/08/25/rv-a-new-kind-of-ruby-management-tool/ (HN source)
Skip the Next iPhone https://josem.co/skip-the-next-iphone (HN source)
Shelling Out Is Selling Out https://petersobot.com/blog/shelling-out-is-selling-out/index.html (HN source)
Mystery of the Missing Bluesky Posts https://anderegg.ca/2025/08/25/a-bluesky-mystery (HN source)
It takes 26 yottabytes of RAM to typecheck a union of Safe Integers https://jacobasper.com/blog/it-takes-26-yottabytes-of-ram-to-typecheck-a-union-of-safe-integers/ (HN source)