Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full(fabiensanglard.net)
459 points by shdon | 200 comments
Fabien Sanglard blog post about the 1996 Quake shareware CD-ROM, how id Software distributed it, and why the disc was nearly too full.
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Ditching Zotero for a Text File(atthis.link)
52 points by speckx | 29 comments
Pre-2022 Books(notes.lorenzogravina.com)
165 points by trms | 105 comments
Wayland on OpenBSD(xenocara.org)
186 points by type0 | 154 comments
Getting old Macromedia Director Games to run on modern Hardware(werwolv.net)
78 points by speckx | 15 comments
Blog post describing how the author got childhood Macromedia Director games running on modern hardware by working around old copy-protection mechanisms.
Cdb: Add support for cdb64(cdb.cr.yp.to)
76 points by kreco | 21 comments
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The weird world of Windows file paths(fileside.app)
381 points by sharevari | 259 comments
A Fileside blog post explaining the many unusual formats and quirks of Windows file paths, such as drive letters, UNC paths, and device namespaces.
Firefox engineers discover a Windows Defender bug that causes high CPU usage(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
574 points by mconley | 201 comments
A Mozilla Bugzilla bug report comment about Windows Defender causing high CPU usage when running Firefox.
Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z(ryanliptak.com)
476 points by LorenDB | 240 comments
Blog post explaining that Windows drive letters can be non A-Z characters, demonstrated by using subst to create a +:\ drive, and exploring the implications.
The browser's main thread is expensive(kciter.so)
408 points by kciter | 141 comments
A devlog post on kciter.so explaining why work on the browser's main thread is costly and how it affects web app responsiveness.
The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press(windowsread.me)
495 points by Leftium | 216 comments
A Windows ReadMe newsletter post by Chris Hoffman recommending YouTube downloader tools and explaining how Google pressure keeps tech outlets from covering them.
I fixed Windows native development(marler8997.github.io)
755 points by deevus | 361 comments
Blog post by Jonathan Marler about simplifying Windows native development by removing the burdensome dependency on installing Visual Studio for builds.