Slow social media(herman.bearblog.dev)

142 points by rishikeshs 1 year ago | 124 comments

I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone(heyjonny.dev)

207 points by speckx 2 months ago | 88 comments

Leaving the Phone at Home(josem.co)

31 points by imadj 3 years ago | 37 comments

Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)(philip.greenspun.com)

183 points by cute_boi 2 years ago | 398 comments

Cities Need More Trees(herman.bearblog.dev)

247 points by HermanMartinus 2 years ago | 115 comments

My programming beliefs as of July 2024(evanhahn.com)

44 points by signa11 2 years ago | 13 comments

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.

Hello, me. It's been a while(themech.net)

336 points by somesoftdev 2 months ago | 178 comments

A personal blog post in which a programmer returns after fourteen years to reflect on filling every quiet moment with podcasts, audiobooks, and social media.

How we lost communication to entertainment(ploum.net)

651 points by 8organicbits 10 months ago | 365 comments

Blog post by Ploum arguing that online communication tools have been turned into entertainment platforms, eroding genuine communication.

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 don't like passkeys(hawksley.dev)

676 points by ethanhawksley 1 month ago | 665 comments

A personal blog post by Ethan Hawksley explaining why he dislikes passkeys and the tech industry's push to make users adopt them.

It's getting harder to focus every day(glyphack.com)

675 points by peykar 3 months ago | 381 comments

A personal blog post by Glyphack reflecting on increasing difficulty focusing and getting only about an hour of focused time a day.