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Seconding. This would be great to see.



Some of the smartest people I've worked with were self-taught.


https://thinking-about-things.com/ is great, it's one interesting article three times a week. I've learned about a lot of interesting blogs/publications from them.


Sounds like undiagnosed ADHD. Coffee, walking/running in the morning, and going to sleep on time were the answers for me.


Thinking About Things: https://thinking-about-things.com


I've personally benefited a lot from Thinking About Things, a newsletter that emails me a couple of blog posts every week. https://thinking-about-things.com


Is a newsletter a blog? For me, a weblog (or blog) has always been a webpage that I can either read in my browser or my newsreader.

If a newsletter that arrives via email is a blog, is a newsletter that the post office delivers a blog?


That newsletter links to actual blog posts, I believe. It’s basically a blog post recommendation newsletter.


Thinking About Things is what you're looking for. https://www.thinking-about-things.com


The Advanced Beginner blog post series by Robert Heaton is great.



In the same vein I can also suggest ; https://hackattic.com

and http://newcoder.io Both take the student through the process of building one fully-functional application.


Read Something Interesting [0] (and its newsletter form Thinking About Things [1]) are great for classic general blog posts.

[0] https://readsomethinginteresting.com

[1] https://thinking-about-things.com


I've found that a great way to discover new interesting blogs is the Thinking About Things newsletter [0]. They were on hiatus for a while but seem to be back now. I've gotten some great reads from them.

[0] https://thinking-about-things.com


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