Most of these sites are just places where I have discovered some useful information about various things, or because (more often) they have that old “small web” feel.
I have pulled bits and pieces of things from all these sites, though none of this is much of an “endorsement” of anything here. I frankly don’t endorse most things from most people, so I try to list what it was exactly that I most got out of these links.
Though I’m mostly a lurker, this is the premier place keeping programming as “craft” alive. I probably would have lost the remaining love of programming I had left in me if it hadn’t been for the Handmade Network (and some of it’s progenitors, such as Casey Muratori’s Handmade Hero).
I have probably referenced Luke’s LandChad site more than any other when it comes to getting set up with much simpler hosting practices (even though I don’t use Debian, which is currently what’s most referenced by the LandChad guides).
Luke is also where I discovered Dowling’s method for learning Latin that I’m currently trying out.
My /now and /ai pages were both inspired by Derek’s site. Although I think there’s a lot of DIY web tips you can find scattered in posts.
He’s also one of the reasons I use OpenBSD for my servers now.
Fabien Sanglard’s personal site
I own Fabien’s Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM “Game Engine Black Books” which are nicely packaged breakdowns of id Software’s game engines, back when they effectively invented modern 3D programming.
There’s lots of other similar breakdowns of old code tech.