I write a blog that’s not about AI, though is very technical.[1] For non-self promotion I’m a big fan of Jenn’s, who I got introduced by the first Inkhaven cohort.[2]
I follow a fair number of people who would, back in the day, have been classic bloggers, but are now doing Substack, and rarely even mention AI. Here's one I like enough that I actually pay for it:
Well I do have a blog of my own [1], although I haven't posted a new article for a while, with 2 in preparation for way too long lol. There's also a Telegram section[2] which just mirrors the posts I make there, much more informal, and this one also haven't been updated in a while.
He passed away a couple of years ago unfortunately but there's a lot of stuff there that is pretty interesting. He has some awesome stuff about procedural generation
It's really more of an entertainment blog than an information one but there's still some really interesting stuff there.
Rest in Peace Shamus. You made a huge impact on a younger me
Some incredibly interesting perspectives on maths and computing
zloy88 16 days ago [-]
Honest question, is blogging even still a thing? I don't read any blogs honestly. I feel like blogging in 2026 is a very niche thing. Maybe I am wrong, it's just my impression. People are so "short-lived" that too much information at once seems not to be popular anymore. People want to get spoon fed all information they need, especially since AI - no?
paulcole 16 days ago [-]
No, it’s not really a thing in any significant way.
This guy is 17 years older than he was in 2009. The world moved on to YouTube, TikTok, etc.
A teenager today is almost certainly not going to set up a blog to share their thoughts with the world.
Most questions of this nature are just “how do I feel like I’m 23 again?”
benterix 16 days ago [-]
> People want to get spoon fed all information they need, especially since AI - no?
It's definitely true to some extent, but you can't generalize "people" to some uniform group, we have various needs.
Thanks for all the links, I love feeding my RSS reader.
I really like this: http://blog.beforemario.com updates are rare these days, but they cover Nintendo corporate history and products before the company got into video games.
dieselgate 16 days ago [-]
It not updated anymore but the art blog https://www.butdoesitfloat.com has brought me a lot of joy; the quotes that go along with each post are good too
_caw 17 days ago [-]
Inigo Quilez's (of demoscene fame, highly talented graphics engineer) blog is one of my favorites: https://iquilezles.org/blog/
Not a blog, but a podcast, but I love "The AI Daily Brief," and I listen to it daily because it keeps me up to date on almost everything happening in the AI universe.
Hahaha. Attention span is in characters now. It’s just funny, thanks for sharing.
calvinmorrison 17 days ago [-]
hey buddy we call them tokens here
joshdavham 17 days ago [-]
OP is asking about “blogs not about AI”.
chegra 17 days ago [-]
For a while, I stopped writing. But, I have recently started writing again.[1] My old blog can be found on the wayback machine[2]. These days I am writing about using invariants as a means by which to predict the future[3], before I was doing summaries/notes of books.
This is my favorite from him: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220426-00/?p=10...
https://avidandrew.com/
[1]. https://blog.alexbeals.com/ [2]. https://jenn.site/
http://wingolog.org/
https://www.journal.stuffwithstuff.com/
https://ciechanow.ski/
https://ellesho.me/
> I miss the 2009 era of blogging about personal projects
I've been doing that. Not sure if I've made it into anyone's favorites yet.
https://www.matheusmoreira.com/
https://www.matheusmoreira.com/rss.xml
https://www.matheusmoreira.com/atom.xml
If it doesn't work, please reply and I'll fix it!
https://marginalrevolution.com/
I follow a fair number of people who would, back in the day, have been classic bloggers, but are now doing Substack, and rarely even mention AI. Here's one I like enough that I actually pay for it:
https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/
https://macwright.com/
https://www.petemillspaugh.com/
https://www.geoffreylitt.com/
https://maggieappleton.com/
https://www.robinsloan.com/
https://thesephist.com/
https://wattenberger.com/
http://conal.net/
https://www.todepond.com/
https://devonzuegel.com/
https://nadia.xyz/
https://adamwiggins.com/
http://glench.com/
https://ncase.me/
Classic from my old Haskell professor: https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/abstraction-intuiti...
[1]: https://edm115.dev/blog
[2]: https://edm115.dev/blog/telegram
He passed away a couple of years ago unfortunately but there's a lot of stuff there that is pretty interesting. He has some awesome stuff about procedural generation
It's really more of an entertainment blog than an information one but there's still some really interesting stuff there.
Rest in Peace Shamus. You made a huge impact on a younger me
Some incredibly interesting perspectives on maths and computing
This guy is 17 years older than he was in 2009. The world moved on to YouTube, TikTok, etc.
A teenager today is almost certainly not going to set up a blog to share their thoughts with the world.
Most questions of this nature are just “how do I feel like I’m 23 again?”
It's definitely true to some extent, but you can't generalize "people" to some uniform group, we have various needs.
https://research.swtch.com/
https://danluu.com/
https://apenwarr.ca/log/
I really like this: http://blog.beforemario.com updates are rare these days, but they cover Nintendo corporate history and products before the company got into video games.
It's a time capsule from that era.
technically a podcast, occasionally about Ai, learning a lot about economics and history
My clean comedy newsletter: https://substack.com/@yelluwcomedy Funny essays about nothing and everything. No AI produced writing.
https://aidailybrief.ai/
[1] https://www.chestergrant.com
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/chestergrant.pos...
[3] https://www.chestergrant.com/where-is-ai-taking-us
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We're drowning in AI slop and slop about AI, someone asked for a bit of reprieve, and you reply with direct link to your post about AI.
EDIT: I see you edited your comment ;-) I'll leave mine, but I'm not feeling inspired. Maybe others will be. Good luck!