News 11 sites

What shipped this week.

free

Hacker News

No signup to read. Anti-corporate, high-signal front page. Free.

news.ycombinator.com

Lobsters

Invite-only keeps quality high. Free.

lobste.rs

DEV.to

Free, no card.

dev.to

tldr.tech

1.6M readers, ad-supported. Multiple verticals. Free.

tldr.tech
free

Changelog

Go Time, JS Party, Ship It, Practical AI. Ad-supported, free.

changelog.com

ACM TechNews

Confirmed alive; 403s to bots but publishing normally. Free email digest.

technews.acm.org
freemium

Ars Technica

Free tier readable; subscription optional for ad-free. Higher depth than Verge/CNET.

arstechnica.com
free

The Register

Blocks AI training bots, allows human readers. Free, ad-supported.

theregister.com

InfoQ

Free content plentiful; paid certs optional. Enterprise-software focused.

infoq.com
free

Hacker Newsletter

60K+ readers, zero paywall. Skim-friendly alternative to doomscrolling HN.

hackernewsletter.com
freemium

The Pragmatic Engineer

Core paywalled ($15/mo). Free tier ~1 issue/month. Marginal on card-free rule; keep free-tier only.

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com