Most of the tech posts on places like this are about the Latest Javascript Framework or the Latest Java Server Framework (now with Even More XML Configuration!) anyway. I personally find that stuff exhausting; I have no interest in looking at a million shitty hello-world examples (which invariably fail to convey even a fraction of the real work necessary to get the thing doing something useful).
are there any actually good sites for keeping up with tech? is everything just garbage?
It's all garbage
I subject myself to HN and post what I find interesting here
Most of the tech posts on places like this are about the Latest Javascript Framework or the Latest Java Server Framework (now with Even More XML Configuration!) anyway. I personally find that stuff exhausting; I have no interest in looking at a million shitty hello-world examples (which invariably fail to convey even a fraction of the real work necessary to get the thing doing something useful).
Watch a couple of LTT videos per week it is more than you'll ever need.