The boiling frog of digital freedom(gazoche.xyz)

589 points by Gazoche 3 years ago | 381 comments

Blog post by Robin Lange presenting a speculative timeline of gradual erosion of digital freedom, such as messaging apps becoming restricted critical applications.

The Stupid Programmer Manifesto(hasen.substack.com)

166 points by hsn915 3 years ago | 171 comments

This is not the future(blog.mathieui.net)

581 points by ericdanielski 10 months ago | 309 comments

Blog post arguing against the 'this is the future, like it or not' framing for generative AI and other tech, asserting nothing is inevitable and modern technology is abusive.

The McPhee method for writing deeply reported nonfiction(jsomers.net)

174 points by jsomers 1 year ago | 45 comments

It is fine not to like a piece of Free software(neilzone.co.uk)

40 points by edent 2 years ago | 21 comments

Your app subscription is now my weekend project(rselbach.com)

501 points by robteix 9 months ago | 345 comments

Blog post by Roberto Selbach about replacing paid app subscriptions like Wispr Flow by vibecoding his own tools, such as a dictation app called Jabber.