Emman's journal

A newsletter on operating systems, build systems, programming languages, software engineering, and my own software projects. Specifics include FreeBSD, Linux, Rust, Bazel and EndBASIC.

Poking holes in the stories we tell ourselves

The P is silent, as in pshrimp or pseudonym.

Using moral psychology to explain why so much is going wrong

Using data and research to understand what really makes a difference

Mathematics for engineers, scientists, and other curious minds. Explaining things like your teachers should have, but probably never did.

the quest to "live wisely and agreeably and well"

Byte sized stories about the history of computing.

What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

The data behind world-class engineering organizations.

where ambition meets consciousness

A triweekly newsletter and monthly magazine run by a collective of creatives, collaborating to make the internet human again.

Programming courses, interviews, commentary.

Explain complex systems with simple terms, from the authors of the best-selling system design book series. Join over 1,000,000 friendly readers.

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

Novelist Julian Gough (author of Minecraft's End Poem) redescribes the universe.

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Applying financial theory to life in real-time «math, education, parenting, games, business, and occasionally hair bands🎸»

Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Highly relevant for software engineers and managers, useful for those working in tech.

Working on Winning the Climate Fight

A newsletter that mixes insights from the history of the digital future (#WIREDarchive) with observations and rants about the state of politics today. Basically a blog for your inbox.

“...the future of modern society and the stability of its inner life depend in large part of the maintenance of an equilibrium between the strength of the techniques of communication and the capacity of the individual’s own reaction."— Pope Pius XII, 1950

Something seems off about the world, I'm trying to get to the bottom of it

Exploring the shared upheavals of our era, including technological and cultural change, the ideological revolution consuming the West, the rise of China, and the crisis of liberalism.

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

When my daughters aren’t hiding my notebooks, I write essays about relationships, writing, and being agentic and grounded

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Software design is an exercise in human relationships. So are all the other techniques we use to develop software. How can we geeks get better at technique as one way of getting better at relationships?

Reflections on Personal Transformation and Relationships

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein

deepdives into science, philosophy, and how to be a human

Culture, technology, and other macromutations

A weekly newsletter dedicated to celebrating Asian culinary traditions—the traditional cooking techniques, rich food histories, and personal stories that make each dish more than just a recipe.

Linking important ideas of AI. The border between high-level and technical thinking. Read by leading engineers, researchers, and investors on Wednesday mornings.

A newsletter about big tech and society by independent journalist Alex Kantrowitz.

Pursuing the mysterium tremendum et fascinans and writing at the intersection of philosophy, culture, art, technology, and religious wisdom.

Newsletter for the Asianometry channel. Studies on Asia - Financials, semiconductors, history, demography, development and other stuff. A letter every week Thursday, 1 am Taipei time

Economics and other interesting stuff

Palladium Magazine's weekly updates and articles exploring the future of governance and society.

Health, Wellness, Tech, and the Future.

Grace for fuck-ups. Prayer for the impious. A space for spiritual misfits.

Technically is a knowledge base for learning about software concepts.

Join thousands of engineers, VCs, and early stage CTOs in subscribing to a weekly roundup of the latest in open-source software, curated by the CodeSee.io team.

What academia knows* about innovation

Let's learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.

A newsletter for curious, thoughtful readers who miss the “old” internet.

The Profile features the best long-form stories on people and companies in business, tech, sports, entertainment, and more.