Worth reading

Popular open handbooks and guides on GitHub that aren't programming tutorials: life, health, cooking, money, useful laws and fun knowledge. We describe them; the content lives in the original repositories.

Tech Enthusiast Weekly

Newsletters Reads Chinese

108k

A weekly roundup of tech articles, software tools and industry essays, every Friday

HowToCook

Food & Cooking Reads Chinese

104k

Home recipes with precise, structured steps for cooks who like clear instructions

HowToLiveBetter

Life & Health Reads Chinese

76k

772 practical life tips, each with its cost, benefit and evidence level

Chinese Poetry Database

Curiosities Reads Chinese

54k

Open JSON dataset of Tang and Song poems, Song lyrics and other classical Chinese texts

Everyone Can Use English

Thinking & Skills Reads Chinese

40k

English learning book and Enjoy app for Chinese speakers that uses AI as a tutor

2 years ago

WTFJS

Curiosities Reads Multiple languages

38k

Funny and tricky JavaScript examples that show surprising behavior, explained one by one

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

Thinking & Skills Reads Chinese

36k

A classic guide to asking technical questions clearly so others can actually help

HowToLiveLonger

Life & Health Reads Multiple languages

36k

64 research summaries on food, exercise and sleep, with links to the original studies

Frontend Weekly

Newsletters Reads Chinese

32k

Weekly close readings of frontend articles, covering new web tech and source code

Awesome Falsehood

Curiosities Reads

28k

A curated list of false beliefs programmers hold, from dates and names to addresses

Hacker Laws

Thinking & Skills Reads Multiple languages

27k

Short explanations of well-known laws, theories and principles from software and tech

How Programmers Earn Pocket Money

Money & Career Reads Chinese

19k

A short book on how programmers can earn extra income from side projects and content

One-Person Businesses Methodology

Money & Career Reads Chinese

8.4k

A methodology for running a company built around one person, with its strengths and limits

Awesome Cold Showers

Thinking & Skills Reads

7.3k

A curated list of respectful reality checks on overhyped software and computing claims

EOL DR

Life & Health Reads

5.3k

A crowd-sourced checklist for passing digital accounts, devices and bills to family

Awesome Mental Health

Life & Health Reads

3.7k

Curated articles, apps, books and talks on mental health for people working in tech