Hacker News Reader

There are other places to look, as mentioned, but in my experience you are not going to find better stories or commentary than HN.

Yeah, reddit (and digg and dzone and <insert social media site>) just don't do it for me. The content is not the right blend.

I agree (especially on the Digg part), but I still find quality programming-related articles on Proggit (http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/).

I find interesting stuff on dzone once in awhile, especially Ruby dzone