Can you give an example of such a gem? Normally I just rely on HN to provide me with interesting links, but lately it doesn't seem to give me the same kick it used to.
These people also have a cool demo of splitting a single program across two different computers (frontend and backend webserver in their case). Maybe a bit less convincing than the previous one, but something I intend to watch: https://www.hytradboi.com/2022/uis-are-streaming-dags
These people have some really cool work on automatically solving physics problems (just linking to one of their talks as an example): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHhDgxkiR9c
I'm not the person you asked but I try to keep my gems in bookmarks, would love to share some. Obviously I don't know your interests so take it for what you will. I have many more than I'll post here if you want some.
Some of this came from HN, some from elsewhere.
This website lists the first references to some cultural icons on Usenet (for example the first time AIDS was ever discussed, first mention of a new TV cartoon "The Simpsons", etc.)
http://www.eightyeightynine.com/culture/80susenet.html
The Public Domain Review, a collection and analysis of interesting stuff in the public domain
https://publicdomainreview.org/
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. I have spent many hours browsing the incredible content here.
https://www.davidrumsey.com/
Restoration Mustang. A high quality long term journal of the restoration of a classic Mustang. Think like an /r/diy project but with way more detail and over a longer time scale.
https://restorationmustang.com/
The Renegade Gardener. Highly opinionated no-bullshit gardening advice. I especially love the "Don't Do That" section.
https://renegadegardener.com/
Garden Myths. There's a lot of misinformation and old wives' tales in gardening, this website cuts the crap.
https://www.gardenmyths.com/
Million Short is a search engine that lets you cut out the million (or 10,000 or 100,000) top results from a search, really good for finding gems. It also has an option for removing e-commerce websites from search which is a godsend.
https://millionshort.com/