Cooking added a pick
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Vegetables, stocks, and sauces from one of the world's most exacting chefs. Refines your basics.
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You know the basics and want depth, projects, and good habits. 166 picks across all topics (125 free), newest first.
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Guitar added a pick
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Riffs, effects, and creativity from Rage Against the Machine's guitarist. Unconventional and fun.
Guitar added a pick
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A huge library of style-specific courses from pro players, with tabs and jam tracks.
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Planning, safety, and storytelling from a leading adventure photographer. Great for outdoor shooters.
Japanese added a pick
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Official test information and sample questions. Picking a level gives your study a concrete target.
Web Development added a pick
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Caching, headers, CORS, cookies. Read it once and a whole class of bugs becomes obvious.
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Direct, practical training on prospecting and objection handling. Good for daily discipline.
Cooking added a pick
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Korean home cooking taught with warmth and clarity. Proof one cuisine can teach you a lot.
Personal Finance added a pick
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Long interviews with finance academics about evidence-based decisions. Nerdy in the best way.
Rational Reminder podcast (opens provider site in a new tab)
Rational Reminder
Personal Finance added a pick
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A thoughtful UK passive-investing blog with excellent explainers on funds and tax wrappers.
Public Speaking added a pick
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TED's own course on developing an idea into a talk. Structured, with exercises.
Public Speaking added a pick
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True stories told live without notes. Listening teaches narrative speaking better than any textbook.
Statistics added a pick
A friendly, modern introduction to Bayesian thinking with R.
UI/UX Design added a pick
Membership-based UX courses plus a huge free literature library. Good value for structured theory.
Interaction Design Foundation courses (opens provider site in a new tab)
Interaction Design Foundation
Video Editing added a pick
Creative transitions and effects tutorials for Premiere and Resolve.
Writing added a pick
How to research and structure compelling nonfiction. Useful for essays, reports, and blogs.
Writing added a pick
K.M. Weiland's detailed guides to story structure and character arcs. Great when a draft stalls.
Guitar added a pick
Accurate tabs with synced playback. Slow tricky parts down and loop them while you practise.
Guitar added a pick
Free classical lessons, scores, and studies. The best starting point for fingerstyle and notation.
This Is Classical Guitar (opens provider site in a new tab)
Bradford Werner
Photography added a pick
Reflective videos on seeing, creativity, and the photographer's mindset. Rare depth on YouTube.
SQL & Databases added a pick
Real PostgreSQL, Bash, and Git in a virtual environment. Closer to actual work than browser drills.
Japanese added a pick
Real news rewritten in simple Japanese with furigana. Your first steps into native reading.
Japanese added a pick
Graded stories with explanations for every sentence. Makes native-level text feel achievable.
Mandarin added a pick
News articles graded by HSK level. Current events make reading practice less of a chore.
Mandarin added a pick
Classic stories adapted with limited characters. The best path to finishing your first book.
Mandarin Companion graded readers (opens provider site in a new tab)
Mandarin Companion
Product Design added a pick
Behind-the-scenes posts from Figma's designers and customers on process, systems, and craft.
Data Structures & Algorithms added a pick
Whiteboard explanations of dynamic programming, graphs, and complexity that many find clearer than textbooks.
French added a pick
Adaptive grammar quizzes that diagnose weak spots, aligned to CEFR levels.
Go (Golang) added a pick
Rob Pike's classic talk on goroutines and channels. Still the best mental model for Go concurrency.
Go (Golang) added a pick
Mentored exercises that nudge you toward idiomatic, well-tested Go.
Digital Marketing added a pick
A searchable gallery of well-designed emails. Borrow patterns instead of starting from blank.
Really Good Emails (opens provider site in a new tab)
Digital Marketing added a pick
Daily short posts on marketing as trust and generosity. A counterweight to growth-hack thinking.
iOS & Swift added a pick
What makes an app feel native. Users and App Review notice when you ignore it.
Rust added a pick
Futures, executors, and async/await explained by the people who designed them.
Rust added a pick
Build a mini Redis to learn the async runtime nearly every Rust server relies on.
Sales added a pick
Research-based articles from Harvard's negotiation program. Short, practical, and free.
Sales added a pick
Aaron Ross's playbook for splitting prospecting from closing. The origin of the modern SDR role.
Cooking added a pick
Thoughtful videos on how to think about cooking — flavor, efficiency, and building your own recipes.
Cooking added a pick
Authentic Chinese home cooking explained with precision. A model for learning any cuisine properly.
JavaScript added a pick
The official introduction to JavaScript outside the browser: modules, the file system, and async I/O.
Product Management added a pick
Why output-focused teams stall and how to shift toward outcomes. Short and very practical.
Startup Founding added a pick
Clear guides on incorporation, equity, and business basics, written for first-time founders.
Web Development added a pick
University of Helsinki's modern stack: React, Node, MongoDB, TypeScript. Rigorous and free.
Web Development added a pick
Real design files to build from. The fastest way to practise turning a mockup into a page.
Graphic Design added a pick
Thoughtful coverage of contemporary graphic design and illustration. Keeps your references current.
Personal Finance added a pick
Morgan Housel's essays on behaviour, risk, and patience. The mindset side of money, beautifully written.
Collaborative Fund blog (Morgan Housel) (opens provider site in a new tab)
Collaborative Fund
Personal Finance added a pick
Evidence-based investing explained through academic research. A rare antidote to finance hype.
Public Speaking added a pick
Duarte maps the shape of history's greatest speeches. Useful for structuring persuasive talks.
Public Speaking added a pick
Vocal variety, body language, and presence — demonstrated rather than described.
Python added a pick
The official, current answer to "how do I make this installable?" Skip the outdated blog posts.
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Accessibility checklists and patterns in plain language. Build these habits into every design.
Video Editing added a pick
News, interviews, and craft articles for independent filmmakers and editors.
Video Editing added a pick
Practical filmmaking and effects breakdowns. Fun, fast, and full of usable techniques.
Writing added a pick
Atwood on structure, point of view, and speculative fiction. Precise and quietly funny.
Writing added a pick
Joanna Penn on writing, self-publishing, and the author business. Practical for aspiring authors.
Data Science added a pick
A new real dataset every week. Practise analysis and share results with a friendly community.
TidyTuesday (opens provider site in a new tab)
R4DS Online Learning Community
Guitar added a pick
Less technique, more feel: phrasing, tone, and playing with emotion. Inspiring once basics are solid.
Photography added a pick
A free, open-source RAW editor. A serious Lightroom alternative without a subscription.
Sales added a pick
A former FBI negotiator's tactics — mirroring, labeling, calibrated questions. Immediately usable.
Deep Learning added a pick
Short courses on current tools like RAG and agents, often taught with the toolmakers.
DeepLearning.AI courses (opens provider site in a new tab)
Japanese added a pick
Spaced-repetition kanji with mnemonics. Slow and steady gets you past two thousand kanji.
Japanese added a pick
Spaced-repetition grammar drills organized by JLPT level. Makes grammar review systematic.
Mandarin added a pick
Olle Linge on learning strategy for tones, characters, and listening. Saves months of wasted effort.
Mandarin added a pick
Graded reading with audio and tap-to-translate. Makes reading characters feel rewarding.
French added a pick
Podcasts in clear, slightly slowed French on interesting topics. The perfect bridge to native content.
French added a pick
Street interviews in Paris with dual subtitles. Hear how French is really spoken.
Spanish added a pick
Affordable one-to-one lessons. Conversation practice is where everything else comes together.
Spanish added a pick
Adaptive grammar quizzes that find your weak spots, aligned to CEFR levels.
Digital Marketing added a pick
Conversion copywriting taught with real tests. Improves every landing page and email you write.
Digital Marketing added a pick
Growth playbooks from a startup training firm. Practical frameworks for ads and landing pages.
Sales added a pick
Analysis of recorded sales calls on what top reps do differently. Evidence over folklore.
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Top reps share specific talk tracks and tactics. No theory, all practice.
30 Minutes to President's Club (opens provider site in a new tab)
30 Minutes to President's Club
Cooking added a pick
Unscripted first-person cooking with running commentary on the science. Like cooking beside a friend.
Cooking added a pick
Rigorously tested recipes and equipment reviews. Worth it if you want dependable results.
America's Test Kitchen (opens provider site in a new tab)
America's Test Kitchen
Product Management added a pick
A free guide to choosing one metric that captures customer value. Clarifies strategy conversations fast.
Product Management added a pick
Alan Klement's free book on jobs-to-be-done. A clear framework for why customers switch.
Startup Founding added a pick
Founders sharing revenue, tactics, and mistakes openly. Especially useful for bootstrapped businesses.
Startup Founding added a pick
Talks on bootstrapping software businesses without venture capital. Refreshingly practical on pricing.
Graphic Design added a pick
Free, illustrated lessons on choosing and pairing type, written by type experts.
Graphic Design added a pick
An archive of typography in the wild, searchable by typeface. Endless reference and inspiration.
Personal Finance added a pick
Nobel laureate Robert Shiller on how markets, risk, and insurance work. Understanding before investing.
Product Design added a pick
Which research method to use at each stage of a project, on one page. Keep it bookmarked.
UX Research Cheat Sheet (NN/g) (opens provider site in a new tab)
Product Design added a pick
A searchable library of real app screens and flows. See how others solved a pattern in seconds.
Public Speaking added a pick
Matt Abrahams on one focused communication skill per episode. Short and practical.
Public Speaking added a pick
Garr Reynolds on simple, visual slides. Stop reading bullet points aloud to your audience.
Statistics added a pick
Allen Downey teaches statistics through Python code rather than formulas. Great for programmers.
Think Stats, 3rd Edition (opens provider site in a new tab)
UI/UX Design added a pick
Comic-style teardowns of real product flows. Memorable lessons on onboarding, pricing, and friction.
Video Editing added a pick
Includes sessions on editing, with a legendary director's perspective on rhythm and story.
Video Editing added a pick
In-depth articles on professional post-production workflows, from editing to delivery.
Writing added a pick
Gaiman on finding ideas, dialogue, and genre. Warm, practical, and full of craft advice.
Writing added a pick
Short podcast episodes on craft from working authors, each ending with a writing prompt.
Data Science added a pick
NumPy, pandas, Matplotlib, and scikit-learn in one free, clear, and complete book.
Python Data Science Handbook (opens provider site in a new tab)
Data Science added a pick
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic on charts that persuade. The blog and practice exercises are free.
Storytelling with Data (opens provider site in a new tab)
Storytelling with Data
Guitar added a pick
Thoughtful lessons on theory, technique, and creativity. Helps you think like a musician.
Guitar added a pick
Clear lessons on scales, modes, and the fretboard. For players stuck in the same pentatonic box.
Photography added a pick
The classic free course on off-camera flash. Still the best starting point for lighting.
Photography added a pick
Deep, carefully tested articles on technique, lenses, and landscapes. Trustworthy gear reviews too.
SQL & Databases added a pick
Window functions, CTEs, and newer standard features, with notes on which databases support them.
Deep Learning added a pick
Transformers, fine-tuning, and datasets with the library everyone uses. Free and practical.
Machine Learning added a pick
MIT's rigorous course with demanding projects. Part of the Statistics and Data Science MicroMasters.
Machine Learning added a pick
The clearest book on the statistics behind ML, now with Python labs. Still free.
An Introduction to Statistical Learning (with Python) (opens provider site in a new tab)
James, Witten, Hastie, Tibshirani & Taylor
Mandarin added a pick
Grammar points organized by level with many example sentences. The best free reference.
Mandarin added a pick
Natural conversations with Chinese, pinyin, and English subtitles. Excellent listening practice.
Data Structures & Algorithms added a pick
A curated problem list grouped by pattern, with free video solutions. Efficient interview prep.
Data Structures & Algorithms added a pick
The standard practice platform. Work from a curated list rather than grinding problems at random.
French added a pick
Clear, thorough grammar explanations with examples. The reference to check when a rule confuses you.
Go (Golang) added a pick
Official deep-dives on generics, errors, modules, and tooling. Read the posts about features you use.
Go (Golang) added a pick
Builds a production-quality web app with only the standard library. Clear, practical, and current.
Spanish added a pick
Street interviews with dual subtitles. Real accents at real speed — a bridge to native media.
Spanish added a pick
Natural conversations between a couple in Madrid. Great for training your ear to real speech.
Digital Marketing added a pick
Short, concrete case studies of copy and growth tactics that worked. Refreshingly practical.
iOS & Swift added a pick
Apple engineers explaining new APIs. Watch the sessions for frameworks you actually use.
Rust added a pick
Builds a real backend with testing, CI, and deployment. The most practical Rust book around.
Sales added a pick
A thorough, free handbook for founders and first sales hires. Covers the whole cycle.
JavaScript added a pick
Most professional JavaScript is now TypeScript. The official handbook is short enough to actually finish.
JavaScript added a pick
Hundreds of small exercises with optional human mentoring. Turns knowledge into fluency.
Product Management added a pick
Articles and talks from product leaders worldwide. A broader view than Silicon Valley playbooks.
Product Management added a pick
An alternative to endless backlogs: shape work, bet on it, ship in six weeks.
Startup Founding added a pick
Long, tactical articles from operators on hiring, management, and go-to-market.
Graphic Design added a pick
The standard typography textbook in design schools. Clear, visual, and essential.
Thinking with Type (Ellen Lupton) (opens provider site in a new tab)
Ellen Lupton (Princeton Architectural Press)
Product Design added a pick
Teresa Torres' weekly habits for talking to customers. The modern standard for product discovery.
Product Design added a pick
How to present and defend design work to stakeholders — the skill that marks senior designers.
Python added a pick
Testing is the habit self-taught developers skip longest. pytest makes it painless enough to start today.
Statistics added a pick
Joe Blitzstein's famous probability course. Hard, beautiful problems; lectures free online.
Statistics added a pick
MIT's balanced course covering frequentist and Bayesian methods, with complete class materials.
UI/UX Design added a pick
Google's fully documented design system. Study how it handles components, states, and tokens.
Video Editing added a pick
Video essays on how editing and framing create meaning. Changes how you watch — and cut — film.
Writing added a pick
The UK government's guide to clear, plain writing. Short, evidence-based, and widely copied.
Data Science added a pick
Ten R-based courses ending in a capstone. Old-school, rigorous, and still respected.
Photography added a pick
Leibovitz on light, concept, and working with subjects. About seeing, not camera settings.
SQL & Databases added a pick
The official tutorial for the database most new projects choose. Short and authoritative.
Machine Learning added a pick
Géron's practical book is the best bridge from tutorials to real projects. Keep it on your desk.
Machine Learning added a pick
Unusually good documentation that doubles as a textbook on classical ML methods.
Data Structures & Algorithms added a pick
Tim Roughgarden's proof-driven course. Teaches you to reason about algorithms, not memorize them.
Go (Golang) added a pick
The classic Go book. Predates generics, but its chapters on interfaces and concurrency hold up.
iOS & Swift added a pick
Hundreds of focused articles on Swift patterns. Excellent when you need one concept explained well.
Rust added a pick
Short recipes for common tasks using well-chosen crates. A shortcut through ecosystem decisions.
JavaScript added a pick
The clearest 26 minutes recorded on async JavaScript. Watch before your first promise-related bug.
JavaScript added a pick
Fast, dense overviews of tools and language features. Great for context; follow up with the docs.
Product Management added a pick
Deeply researched posts and a podcast with top PMs. The field's best ongoing education.
Product Management added a pick
Cagan's two books in full: how strong product teams discover and deliver. Required reading.
Inspired and Empowered (opens provider site in a new tab)
Silicon Valley Product Group
Startup Founding added a pick
Thousands of talks from founders and investors, searchable by topic. A lifetime of free lectures.
Web Development added a pick
Practical CSS layouts explained patiently. A few videos fix most "why won't this center" frustration.
Graphic Design added a pick
Chris Do and team on branding, pricing, and the business of design. Strong on thinking, not just tools.
Product Design added a pick
Google Ventures' five-day process for testing ideas before building. Run one and you'll be hooked.
Python added a pick
The book that turns working Python into idiomatic Python. Read it once you're comfortable, not before.
Statistics added a pick
Duke's thorough treatment of inference, regression, and Bayesian statistics, using R.
Data Science added a pick
Rafael Irizarry's R-based program. Strong on inference, modeling, and reproducible analysis.
SQL & Databases added a pick
Markus Winand on indexes and query performance. Every developer who writes SQL should read it.
Deep Learning added a pick
An interactive textbook with runnable code. Theory and practice on the same page.
Dive into Deep Learning (opens provider site in a new tab)
Dive into Deep Learning
Machine Learning added a pick
Imperial College's linear algebra, calculus, and PCA taught for ML. Fills the gaps most self-learners have.
Machine Learning added a pick
The mathematical version of Ng's course. Its lecture notes are among the best written on ML.
Go (Golang) added a pick
How to write Go the way Go programmers expect. Short, and still the style guide everyone cites.
iOS & Swift added a pick
Practical iOS code and career videos, including realistic take-home project walkthroughs.
Rust added a pick
Mentored exercises push you toward idiomatic Rust instead of code that merely compiles.
JavaScript added a pick
Project-heavy and community-supported. Expect to get stuck, search, and solve — which is the point.
JavaScript added a pick
Kyle Simpson on scope, closures, and objects. Reach for this when JavaScript surprises you.
Web Development added a pick
Django, JavaScript, SQL, and testing across seven projects. A proper university course, free.
Web Development added a pick
The official React docs were rewritten around hooks and are now the best way to learn it.
Python added a pick
Deep, well-edited tutorials on nearly every library you'll meet. Search here before Stack Overflow.
UI/UX Design added a pick
Practical tactics for making interfaces look good, written for developers. Instantly applicable.
Deep Learning added a pick
Andrew Ng's bottom-up counterpart to fast.ai. Clear on the math behind each architecture.
Deep Learning added a pick
Build backprop, then a GPT, from scratch. The best way to really understand LLMs.
Neural Networks: Zero to Hero (opens provider site in a new tab)
Andrej Karpathy
Data Structures & Algorithms added a pick
MIT's core algorithms course with full lectures and problem sets. More mathematical than most.
iOS & Swift added a pick
Stanford's iOS course with free lectures. Fast and conceptual — excellent right after the basics.
Python added a pick
Clear, unhurried videos on OOP, decorators, logging, and Flask. Older, but still correct.