The top things I found this week! 🏆
Week 52 / 2025
Hey there! Welcome to a new edition of Hybrid Hacker, and Merry Christmas! 🎄
Every week I share the top articles I have found and personally read on the internet. I only share the stuff I believe it’s worth your time.
100% signal, 0% slop.
I mainly read things from my public daily digest, which curates an ever growing list of sources. Here is this week’s best stuff 👇
🥇 Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life
4 min • by JA Westenberg
This time of the year always sparks some reflection, and I find myself drawn towards philosophical articles more than technical ones. I love the simple mental model presented here: a thick desire is one that changes you in the process of pursuing it; a thin desire is one that doesn’t. Time to focus on what matters!
🥈 Logging Sucks
30 min • by Boris Tane
Amazing primer about how to move from a logging to an observability mindset. The solution is wide events: single, rich objects that capture everything about a request. This is the article you will keep linking to your friends who ask about observability.
🥉 The Depopulation Trade
8 min • by Stefano Bernardi
Stefano is a smart VC who put together a thorough thesis about what the future may look like. It’s a worthy read. In a nutshell, population collapse is happening faster than anyone predicted. With fewer people, we’ll need to either increase births, import workers, or reduce the need for workers altogether. Guess which option tech and AI are betting on — and what that means for the future of work.
4) Why People Really Quit
3 min • by Kim Scott
Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, is back at it with a great piece that identifies two mgmt failure modes: micromanagement and absentee management. The sweet spot is being a thought partner — actively involved but empowering. The recap table is a gem and I am attaching it here 👇
5) Claude, Chrome, Cloudflare
2 min • by Simon Willison
Real-world example of using the brand new Claude browser extension to navigate Cloudflare’s maze of a dashboard. Simon’s blog is the #1 resource to learn about AI & coding these days, and this quick—but useful—post confirms it.
And that’s it for today! If you find this list useful, please share it with your friends!
You can also read the very same things I read every day via this free daily digest 📬
See you next week!
Sincerely 👋
Luca