| I'm probably echoing a lot of people here but: - Dan Luu [1] and for design and insights in that discipline: - Arun Venkatesan [2] I first saw Dan Luu's list of programming books (https://danluu.com/programming-books/) when researching CLRS during my sophomore year of high school. This list and his insights on pure CS are really enjoyable to read and pique my interest. Also, his post on latency [4] secured the idea that minuscule UX improvements is as important as UI and that we should optimize for both. jvns introduced me to the Recurse Center and dluu confirmed that I could, in fact, participate and do something cool. (I also took his Hugo template for my own blog which has served me well though this week I'll be designing my own with cues from the latter.) Arun is a physical/digital design nerd and someone I read religiously. From photography to the design minutiae of the Apple Card [5] /Mac Pro [6] /iPod HiFi [7] his in-depth posts really allowed me to appreciate even the smallest of design choices and how they play into the larger, big picture, design system as a whole. [1] https://danluu.com/ [2] https://www.arun.is/ [3] https://danluu.com/programming-books/ [4] https://danluu.com/input-lag/ [5] https://www.arun.is/blog/apple-card/ [6] https://www.arun.is/blog/mac-pro/ [7] https://www.arun.is/blog/smart-speaker/ |