macOS needs its grid back(blog.hopefullyuseful.com)

367 points by ranebo 4 months ago | 240 comments

A blog post arguing macOS should restore the grid layout for virtual desktops (Spaces), introducing a tool called GridLion that recreates it.

SystemIO conflicts are not firmware bugs(codon.org.uk)

26 points by haeseong 1 month ago | 5 comments

The washing machine in my ear, and an empty boat(blog.klungo.no)

86 points by danielskogly 3 years ago | 45 comments

What Is a PC Compatible?(codon.org.uk)

77 points by edward 9 months ago | 28 comments

Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packages(optimizedbyotto.com)

79 points by pabs3 1 year ago | 25 comments

Not setting up Find My bricked my MacBook(tokyodev.com)

343 points by pwim 3 years ago | 453 comments

A TokyoDev founder recounts how his M2 MacBook Air became bricked by Activation Lock after a laptop swap at airport security because he hadn't set up Find My.

The Art of Finishing(bytedrum.com)

609 points by emmorts 2 years ago | 147 comments

A personal blog essay on the ByteDrum blog about a developer's pile of unfinished side projects and the challenge of actually finishing them.

Hold on to Your Hardware(xn--gckvb8fzb.com)

600 points by LucidLynx 7 months ago | 478 comments

A personal blog essay warning about rising hardware prices, shrinking consumer choice, and computing power shifting toward data centers, urging readers to keep their own hardware.

I miss thinking hard(jernesto.com)

1166 points by jernestomg 8 months ago | 633 comments

A personal blog post venting that the author rarely spends days thinking hard about difficult problems anymore, tagged as an opinion piece on AI.

How to write blog posts that developers read(refactoringenglish.com)

533 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 148 comments

A chapter from Michael Lynch's Refactoring English offering advice on writing blog posts that software developers will actually read.

Troubleshooting: A skill that never goes obsolete(autodidacts.io)

351 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 117 comments

An essay on The Autodidacts blog arguing that troubleshooting, systematically finding and fixing causes of unwanted system behaviour, is a domain-agnostic skill.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.