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Community Picks
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic CLI that reasons, writes, and edits code across your entire codebase. Runs in your terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, and as a GitHub Action.
Cursor
AI-first code editor built on VS Code. Best-in-class for navigating and editing large existing codebases. The go-to for daily development work.
Bolt.new
Full-stack web app builder powered by Claude. Describe what you want, get a working app with frontend, backend, and database. StackBlitz-hosted, deploys in one click.
fast.ai
Practical deep learning for coders. Top-down, hands-on approach — you build real things before going deep on theory. Free, and genuinely one of the best ML courses available.
DeepLearning.AI Short Courses
Andrew Ng's bite-sized courses on LLMs, agents, prompt engineering, and RAG. Most are free, all are practical, and new ones ship regularly as the field moves.
TLDR AI
Three-times-a-week roundup of AI research, products, and industry news. Short, scannable, and consistent. Good signal-to-noise ratio.
2026 Agentic Coding Trends Report
Anthropic's research report on how coding agents are reshaping software development. Based on real usage data — more grounded than most AI trend pieces.
All-In Podcast
Four tech insiders — Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg — talk markets, politics, AI, and startups with zero filter. Unscripted, opinionated, and consistently interesting.
Big Technology Podcast
Alex Kantrowitz interviews the people shaping tech — founders, researchers, and executives. Strong on AI and its societal implications. Thoughtful and well-reported.
Dwarkesh Patel Podcast
Long-form conversations with some of the smartest people in AI, science, and history. Dwarkesh goes deep — interviews with researchers, historians, and founders that regularly run 3+ hours.
Lex Fridman Podcast
Long-form conversations with scientists, engineers, AI researchers, and world leaders. Lex goes deep on consciousness, intelligence, and the future of humanity. One of the most listened-to tech podcasts in the world.
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic CLI that reasons, writes, and edits code across your entire codebase. Runs in your terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, and as a GitHub Action.
Cursor
AI-first code editor built on VS Code. Best-in-class for navigating and editing large existing codebases. The go-to for daily development work.
GitHub Copilot
The original AI pair programmer. Still the most widely adopted at work — fast inline suggestions, code review, and a chat panel built into VS Code and JetBrains.
Replit
Build and deploy full apps from your browser. Agent 4 turns plain English into working software — no terminal, no setup. Great for rapid prototyping and hackathons.
Bolt.new
Full-stack web app builder powered by Claude. Describe what you want, get a working app with frontend, backend, and database. StackBlitz-hosted, deploys in one click.
v0 by Vercel
Generate production-ready UI components from a text prompt. Outputs clean React + Tailwind code you can copy straight into your project.
Windsurf
Codeium's agentic IDE. Strong at multi-file edits and keeping context across a session. A serious alternative to Cursor worth evaluating.
Grok Build
xAI's new coding agent with real-time access to developer discussions and release notes. Best for fast-moving ecosystems where documentation lags behind reality.
Google Gemini Antigravity
Google's agent-first development platform. Managed Agents API spins up isolated Linux environments for cloud-native agentic workflows with a single API call.
fast.ai
Practical deep learning for coders. Top-down, hands-on approach — you build real things before going deep on theory. Free, and genuinely one of the best ML courses available.
DeepLearning.AI Short Courses
Andrew Ng's bite-sized courses on LLMs, agents, prompt engineering, and RAG. Most are free, all are practical, and new ones ship regularly as the field moves.
Andrej Karpathy on YouTube
Neural networks from absolute scratch. The "Zero to Hero" series is the clearest explanation of how modern AI actually works that exists anywhere.
CS50 by Harvard
Harvard's intro to computer science — free, rigorous, and used by millions. The best starting point if you're new to programming and want a solid foundation.
The Odin Project
Free, open-source full-stack curriculum. Covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node, and more. Project-based and community-maintained.
Prompt Engineering Guide
Comprehensive, community-maintained guide to prompting techniques — zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought, RAG, and more. Practical and well-referenced.
The Rundown AI
Daily AI news digest. Covers the biggest model releases, product launches, and research in under 5 minutes. Good for staying across the field without drowning in it.
TLDR AI
Three-times-a-week roundup of AI research, products, and industry news. Short, scannable, and consistent. Good signal-to-noise ratio.
Simon Willison's Blog
Deep, thoughtful analysis of LLMs and AI tools from one of the most respected voices in the field. Not a newsletter in the traditional sense — more like essential reading.
The Batch by DeepLearning.AI
Andrew Ng's weekly newsletter. Covers AI research, business, and policy with context and nuance. One of the better options for understanding the broader picture.
Attention Is All You Need
The 2017 paper that introduced the Transformer architecture. Everything in modern AI traces back to this. Worth reading even if you skip the maths.
ReAct: Reasoning + Acting in LLMs
The paper that formalized how LLMs can interleave reasoning and action to solve tasks. Foundational reading for anyone building agents.
Anthropic's Model Specification
A detailed look at how Anthropic thinks about Claude's values, goals, and behaviour. Unusually transparent — essential reading for anyone using or building with LLMs.
2026 Agentic Coding Trends Report
Anthropic's research report on how coding agents are reshaping software development. Based on real usage data — more grounded than most AI trend pieces.
MIT Technology Review — Generative Coding
MIT's 2026 Breakthrough Technologies feature on generative coding. Good high-level overview for sharing with people outside the engineering world.
All-In Podcast
Four tech insiders — Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg — talk markets, politics, AI, and startups with zero filter. Unscripted, opinionated, and consistently interesting.
Big Technology Podcast
Alex Kantrowitz interviews the people shaping tech — founders, researchers, and executives. Strong on AI and its societal implications. Thoughtful and well-reported.
Dwarkesh Patel Podcast
Long-form conversations with some of the smartest people in AI, science, and history. Dwarkesh goes deep — interviews with researchers, historians, and founders that regularly run 3+ hours.
Lex Fridman Podcast
Long-form conversations with scientists, engineers, AI researchers, and world leaders. Lex goes deep on consciousness, intelligence, and the future of humanity. One of the most listened-to tech podcasts in the world.
Theo Von Podcast
Stand-up comedian Theo Von's long-form conversations — guests range from tech founders and scientists to athletes and musicians. Unexpectedly thoughtful, consistently funny.
Y Combinator Podcast
The YC team and founders talk startups, product, and the future of technology. Covers AI extensively — from how founders are building with it to how it's changing what's fundable.
NZ AI Forum
New Zealand's peak body for AI. Publishes research, policy submissions, and hosts national events. Worth following if you care about how AI develops in NZ.
NZ Tech Alliance
The umbrella body for New Zealand tech associations. Good source for local industry news, workforce reports, and advocacy updates.
InternetNZ
Manages the .nz domain and advocates for an open internet in New Zealand. Publishes useful research on digital infrastructure and AI governance.
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