ferretcactus
Looking at this from the perspective of someone tired of generic content the contrast is striking, and a look at ferretcactus maintained that distinctive feel, sites with strong editorial identity stand out against the bland background of algorithmic content and this one has clearly developed an identity worth recognising through careful attention.
treblevinca
Better signal to noise ratio than most places I check on this kind of topic, and a look at treblevinca kept that going, every paragraph here carries something worth reading rather than padding out the page to hit some arbitrary length target that search engines reward but readers ignore as soon as they notice it.