How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

11 pointszigmig1y ago11 comments

What are your go to resources including HN and best ways to stay updated (I am on iOS)

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I use NetNewsWire, an RSS reader on iOS and macOS. Ars Technica is the main tech news site I follow in there, but also follow a few dev blogs.

I find if I have too many general purpose tech news sites there is a lot of duplication of big stories, and the volume becomes overwhelming to the point I give up. So I try and keep it simple.

HN fills in some gaps, and I figure if a story is big/important enough, I’ll hear about it eventually.

zigmigOP1y ago

I couldn't agree more with you. It does indeed get overwhelming. I was following twitter a lot but I eventually get lost in the swarm over there.

xenospn1y ago

Any recommended dev blogs?

MrCoffee71y ago

https://techurls.com

https://skimfeed.com

tazu1y ago

I use RSS for as much as possible (it’s how I found this post). On iOS/Mac I use the Reeder 5 app. I’ve tried dozens of RSS apps and found its UX to be the best, by far.

I use RSS for HackerNews[1], Reddit, YouTube, and Substack.

[1]: https://hnrss.github.io/

zigmigOP1y ago

Thanks! hnrss is awesome, i didn't now about this before.

Any recommendations on YouTube / Substack?

tazu1y ago

graymirror.substack.com

BOOSTERHIDROGEN1y ago

What is your preset for HN feed?

vasili1111y ago

Hacker News

aprdm1y ago

I subscribe to the pragmaticengineer and check HN every now and then

Malidir1y ago

I find that by using work email not personal, more likely to look at it.

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al_borland1y ago

I use NetNewsWire, an RSS reader on iOS and macOS. Ars Technica is the main tech news site I follow in there, but also follow a few dev blogs.

I find if I have too many general purpose tech news sites there is a lot of duplication of big stories, and the volume becomes overwhelming to the point I give up. So I try and keep it simple.

HN fills in some gaps, and I figure if a story is big/important enough, I’ll hear about it eventually.

zigmigOP1y ago

I couldn't agree more with you. It does indeed get overwhelming. I was following twitter a lot but I eventually get lost in the swarm over there.

xenospn1y ago

Any recommended dev blogs?

MrCoffee71y ago

https://techurls.com

https://skimfeed.com

tazu1y ago

I use RSS for as much as possible (it’s how I found this post). On iOS/Mac I use the Reeder 5 app. I’ve tried dozens of RSS apps and found its UX to be the best, by far.

I use RSS for HackerNews[1], Reddit, YouTube, and Substack.

[1]: https://hnrss.github.io/

zigmigOP1y ago

Thanks! hnrss is awesome, i didn't now about this before.

Any recommendations on YouTube / Substack?

tazu1y ago

graymirror.substack.com

BOOSTERHIDROGEN1y ago

What is your preset for HN feed?

vasili1111y ago

Hacker News

aprdm1y ago

I subscribe to the pragmaticengineer and check HN every now and then

Malidir1y ago

I find that by using work email not personal, more likely to look at it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse