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Books that changed my year

The ones I still hand to people.

James · Percival Everett
The Bee Sting · Paul Murray
Demon Copperhead
Theo R.book critic
3 picksPremium

UI designers worth learning from

Follow them for a week and watch your own work change.

Rauno Freiberg
Emil Kowalski
Paco Coursey
Kaiproduct designer
3 picksFree

A hundred quiet hotels

Southern Europe, mostly. The kind that don't have a lobby playlist.

Le Sirenuse, Positano
Borgo Egnazia, Puglia
Aman Sveti Stefan
Anya M.hotel critic
3 picksPremium

Vinyl that earns its weight

Records I've reached for more than three times.

Floating Points · Cascade
Beth Gibbons · Lives Outgrown
Bill Evans · Sunday at the Vanguard
Jordan K.record-store buyer
3 picksFree

Where the regulars eat

No first-week openings, no influencer tables.

Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi, NYC
Bestia, Los Angeles
Saison, San Francisco
Mara D.restaurant critic
3 picksPremium

Tools I’d pay for twice

The ones still in my dock after the free trials ended.

Raycast
Linear
Things 3
Claraindie developer
3 picksFree

Films I think about for weeks

Not the best of the year. The ones that stayed.

Past Lives · Celine Song
Aftersun · Charlotte Wells
The Zone of Interest
Rae L.film critic
3 picksFree

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The designers you learn from. Who to follow for AI. The essays founders reread, the books your yoga teacher swears by. If you’d recommend it, it makes a list.

  1. Free

    UI designers worth learning from

    Follow them for a week and watch your own work change.

    kaiproduct designer
    12 picks

    Rauno Freiberg

    Design engineer

    Posts the tiny interaction details nobody else notices. Study every one.

    Emil Kowalski

    Design engineer

    Made Sonner and Vaul. Every post is a free lesson in motion.

    Paco Coursey

    Design engineer

    Interfaces that feel fast because they are.

  2. Free

    Who to follow for AI, minus the hype

    People who explain how it works, not what it will replace.

    lenaML engineer
    9 picks

    Andrej Karpathy

    AI researcher

    Explains how it actually works, slowly, for free.

    Simon Willison

    Developer, writer

    Tries every new model the day it ships so you don’t have to.

    Chip Huyen

    Author, AI Engineering

    AI systems without the hand-waving.

  3. Free

    Tools I’d pay for twice

    The ones still in my dock after the free trials ended.

    claraindie developer
    14 picks

    Raycast

    Replaced Spotlight, three apps and most of my bookmarks.

    Type
    Software
    Platform
    Mac
    Pricing
    Freemium

    Linear

    The issue tracker people actually open.

    Type
    Software
    Platform
    Web, Mac
    Pricing
    Freemium

    Things 3

    A to-do app that doesn’t nag. Pay once, keep it.

    Type
    Software
    Platform
    Mac, iOS
    Pricing
    Paid once
  4. Premium

    Essays every founder rereads

    For the week the numbers look bad.

    samfounder
    8 picks

    Do Things That Don’t Scale

    Paul Graham · paulgraham.com

    The answer to “how do we get our first users?” Still.

    Type
    Article

    How to Be Successful

    Sam Altman · blog.samaltman.com

    Thirteen ideas. Start with “compound yourself.”

    Type
    Article

    The Only Thing That Matters

    Marc Andreessen · pmarchive.com

    Product-market fit, explained before it was a buzzword.

    Type
    Article
  5. Free

    The spiritual reading list

    For when the productivity books stop working.

    inesyoga teacher
    10 picks

    Be Here Now

    Ram Dass

    Half memoir, half sketchbook. Open it anywhere.

    Type
    Book
    Published
    1971

    The Untethered Soul

    Michael A. Singer

    Explains the voice in your head without making it weird.

    Type
    Book
    Published
    2007

    Autobiography of a Yogi

    Paramahansa Yogananda

    The book Steve Jobs had handed out at his own memorial.

    Type
    Book
    Published
    1946
  6. Free

    Podcasts for the long run

    Episodes that outlast a twenty-miler.

    wesmountain guide
    11 picks

    Acquired

    Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal

    Four-hour company histories that somehow fly by.

    Type
    Podcast
    Category
    Business

    Hardcore History

    Dan Carlin

    A single episode can outlast the hike.

    Type
    Podcast
    Category
    History

    Song Exploder

    Hrishikesh Hirway

    Musicians take one song apart, piece by piece.

    Type
    Podcast
    Category
    Music

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    LA, for when people ask

    The places I send everyone. Updated when one earns it.

    Bestia· the bone marrow pasta
    Bavel· lamb neck, no debate
    République· go early for pastries
    Kismet· the jeweled crispy rice
    Mara D.restaurant critic
    4 picksFree

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restaurant critic

Ten years of eating out for a living. These are the ones I’d send my mother to.

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Lisbon in 48 hours

Tram 28 can wait. Eat first.

Anya M.
12 picksFree

Natural wine, Lisbon to Porto

Bars where the owner pours.

Mara D.
21 picksPremium

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Lisbon, for when people ask.

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  1. 1Cervejaria RamiroPrawns first. Steak sandwich for dessert.Restaurant
  2. 2A GinjinhaOne cherry shot, standing up on the street.Bar
  3. 3Pastéis de BelémEat them warm, with cinnamon.Bakery
  4. 4Miradouro da Senhora do MonteSunset, and bring a beer.View

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Lisbon, for when people ask

Prawns first. Everything else second.

Cervejaria Ramiro· Prawns first. Steak sandwich for dessert.
A Ginjinha· One cherry shot, standing up on the street.
Pastéis de Belém· Eat them warm, with cinnamon.
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte· Sunset, and bring a beer.
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