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📣 uscnep-hn

Is HN enough to stay up to date in tech?


I'm asking because there is a lot of information noise, we are constantly bombarded by an endless stream of content. I like how calm and easy to consume HN feels compared to other platforms, hence i’m thinking of leaving Reddit and just staying up to date with HN. What do you think? How do you stay up to date?

  👤 JohnFen Accepted Answer ✓
HN is not enough. It tends to cover a fairly narrow subset of the tech world in detail. If your interest is beyond what HN is focused on, then you need other sources of information as well.

Also, broadly speaking, no single source of information on anything is ever enough on its own, for a number of reasons. You should always have multiple information sources that have different viewpoints and different primary interests.

👤 tmcb
Of course not. To me, HN’s content is pretty similar what pop tech websites had 20-30 years ago.

One valid question, though, is whether or not you should add more pop tech content to your information diet. That, of course, is up to you. What makes HN such a good information source are experts actively looking for knowledge and being kind enough to share their findings here. That is something else you should consider—not the sharing part, but actively looking for it. You will consume objectively less “data”, but it will be much more meaningful.