Research Config
Topics, sources, and accounts to monitor.
Topics of Interest
- AI/ML and LLMs (technical progress, architecture, benchmarks)
- Investing and wealth (angel investing, markets, asymmetric bets)
- Startups and judgment (people evaluation, hiring, company building)
- Semiconductors (industry dynamics, supply chain, technology)
- China AI development (DeepSeek, Huawei Ascend, SMIC, domestic labs)
- Self growth and faith
X Accounts (High-Signal)
- @karpathy — AI technical, research
- @sama — OpenAI, AI industry
- @gdb — OpenAI policy
- @paulg — Startups, essays
- @patrickc — Stripe, business
- @naval — Philosophy, startups
- @balajis — Tech, crypto, society
- @elonmusk — Tesla, SpaceX, X
- @daborito — Anthropic
- @arvidkahl — Indie hacking
- @aakashgupta — AI + neuroscience, learning science
- @WesRoth — AI research synthesis, Hassabis/DeepMind coverage
- @deepaborito — DeepSeek official
- @hlohaus — China AI, semiconductor industry
Web Sources
Priority (never skip):
- Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) — technical, startups
- Techmeme (techmeme.com) — industry news
Secondary:
- Yahoo Finance — portfolio stocks, earnings
- Seeking Alpha — company analysis
- arXiv (cs.AI, cs.LG) — research papers
- Pointer (pointerio.beehiiv.com) — engineering leadership
- Substack (subscribed newsletters) — deep analysis
- SemiAnalysis (semianalysis.com) — chip industry deep dives
- ChinaTalk (chinatalk.media) — China tech policy, AI