The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)(interactionmagic.com)

532 points by rcdemski 1 year ago | 46 comments

A 2020 essay analyzing the printed 2x2 LEGO slope interface panels to explain basic principles of physical interface and UX design.

LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego(avalovelace1.github.io)

530 points by nkko 1 year ago | 135 comments

Project page for LegoGPT, a Carnegie Mellon research model that generates physically stable, buildable LEGO structures from text prompts, with paper, code, and demo links.

Lego Mechanical Computer(drmoron.org)

223 points by shakna 2 years ago | 32 comments

ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is(siliconimist.com)

86 points by johncole 5 months ago | 30 comments

The Lego Great Ball Contraption(kottke.org)

277 points by mhb 2 years ago | 45 comments

Goodwatch – A Ham Radio Wristwatch (2020)(kk4vcz.com)

114 points by austinallegro 2 years ago | 27 comments

The Website Specification(specification.website)

526 points by k1m 4 months ago | 210 comments

Website Spec is a platform-agnostic specification and checklist of 128 technical features a good website should have, covering SEO, accessibility, security, and agent readiness.

The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)(interactionmagic.com)

532 points by rcdemski 1 year ago | 46 comments

A 2020 essay analyzing the printed 2x2 LEGO slope interface panels to explain basic principles of physical interface and UX design.

Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop(lwn.net)

363 points by signa11 1 month ago | 449 comments

LWN.net article reporting on Scott Jenson's Akademy 2026 talk urging open-source projects like KDE to move desktop design beyond the traditional WIMP model.

Lego price per part over the years(brickinsights.com)

331 points by janandonly 2 years ago | 159 comments

Brick Insights statistics page charting the average price per part of Lego sets over the years.

Linux containers in 500 lines of code (2016)(blog.lizzie.io)

125 points by mkornaukhov 21 days ago | 30 comments

A 2016 blog post walking through a minimal Linux container implementation in C, covering namespaces, capabilities, mounts and other isolation mechanisms.

I know why the mathematicians weep(derekthompson.org)

342 points by RickJWagner 11 days ago | 561 comments

Derek Thompson essay on his Substack about technological grief, using mathematicians' reactions to AI advances as a lens.