Interesting Reads/Links 2025

Why RL is not used in industry. Other stuff on the blog is pretty level-headed, related to (mostly continuous?) optimization and machine learning.

• https://www.argmin.net/p/cool-kids-keep

A list of links related to system programming I find insightful.

• https://matklad.github.io/links.html

I like the hot-takes, and honesty. (Surely the state of tech employers in Australia is not like that...)

• https://ludic.mataroa.blog/

Best short story I've read in a while.

• https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/ideal-candidate/

Really concise information on concurrency.

• https://www.1024cores.net/

Good essays and takes on AI.

• https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/essays/

Another high quality programming blog. Some topics: typesystems, functional programming, political commentary (lol).

• https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/

A source of wrath about the state of tech. Earlier articles were really prognostic.

• https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/