Jimmy Wales trusts the process(theverge.com)

30 points by saikatsg 10 months ago | 39 comments

After twelve years of writing about Bitcoin, here's how my thinking has changed(jpkoning.blogspot.com)

14 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 4 comments

The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe(chicagomag.com)

96 points by effects 3 years ago | 18 comments

The Killing of a Berlin Power Broker(granta.com)

15 points by Thevet 2 years ago | 1 comments

Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley(sfstandard.com)

275 points by newusertoday 9 months ago | 423 comments

SQRL wan't wrong, it was early(sjg.io)

18 points by simonjgreen 2 months ago | 4 comments

My old job feels distant now(pinecoder.dev)

28 points by speckx 10 days ago | 27 comments

A personal blog post on pinecoder.dev reflecting on how the author's previous job now feels distant.

I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours(james.belchamber.com)

323 points by jamesbelchamber 11 months ago | 124 comments

A personal blog post by James Belchamber about attempting to reverse-engineer the USB data protocol of his Microlife blood pressure monitor.

How to copy a file from a 30-year-old laptop(unterminated.com)

551 points by tfvlrue 2 years ago | 257 comments

A personal blog post describing how the author transferred files off a 1994 Apple PowerBook Duo 280c laptop.

I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)

705 points by jamesrandall 8 months ago | 556 comments

Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.

So you want to parse a PDF?(eliot-jones.com)

369 points by UglyToad 1 year ago | 199 comments

Blog post by Eliot Jones explaining how PDF parsing should work per the spec, covering headers, cross-reference tables, object offsets and trailers, and its real-world pitfalls.

AI's Dial-Up Era(wreflection.com)

441 points by nowflux 11 months ago | 395 comments

A Wreflection newsletter essay comparing the current state of AI to the dial-up era of the internet in 1995.