I have to disagree with the commentary a little bit HN is still one of the only places where the insights are consistently thoughtful.
There are a lot of smart people on FT it's paywalled and quite expensive (ie professionals only) and even it can be a little reddity at times.
Don't fully discount some forums on Reddit as there are some smart people there, and there's something to be said for 'raw' authenticity, sometimes a poorly articulated point can be enlightening, but you have to wade through a lot.
I don't actually agree fully with the moderating approach but you have to give them credit here.
As far as 'cutting edge programming' well - is there such a thing? We can only argue so much about concepts that have been addressed before. One might say 'AI' or at least Deep Learning is the domain of 'cutting edge programming' wherein there's enough new fodder.
And there's been a Cambrian Explosion of startups so pure novelty is going to be hard to find.
A simple rule: "Would you miss it if it were gone?" I think so, which is something to say in 2020.
There are a lot of smart people on FT it's paywalled and quite expensive (ie professionals only) and even it can be a little reddity at times.
Don't fully discount some forums on Reddit as there are some smart people there, and there's something to be said for 'raw' authenticity, sometimes a poorly articulated point can be enlightening, but you have to wade through a lot.
I don't actually agree fully with the moderating approach but you have to give them credit here.
As far as 'cutting edge programming' well - is there such a thing? We can only argue so much about concepts that have been addressed before. One might say 'AI' or at least Deep Learning is the domain of 'cutting edge programming' wherein there's enough new fodder.
And there's been a Cambrian Explosion of startups so pure novelty is going to be hard to find.
A simple rule: "Would you miss it if it were gone?" I think so, which is something to say in 2020.