Using the Wrong Dictionary (2014)(jsomers.net)

77 points by hdk 3 years ago | 28 comments

Merriam-Webster's 404 Page(merriam-webster.com)

60 points by OmniTroid 2 years ago | 7 comments

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

174 points by jsomers 1 year ago | 45 comments

Green’s Dictionary of Slang - Five hundred years of the vulgar tongue(greensdictofslang.com)

99 points by mxfh 8 months ago | 15 comments

A “frozen” dictionary for Python(lwn.net)

178 points by jwilk 10 months ago | 137 comments

The paper computer(jsomers.net)

262 points by jsomers 6 months ago | 83 comments

Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)

350 points by 42point2 3 years ago | 152 comments

Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.

Reforming English Spelling(blog.oup.com)

33 points by jruohonen 3 days ago | 93 comments

OUPblog column by Anatoly Liberman arguing for a minimalist, gradual reform of English spelling and describing the English Spelling Society's recent congress.

Writing Is Closer to Thought Than Code(danielmiessler.com)

46 points by eigenBasis 12 hours ago | 21 comments

Daniel Miessler blog post arguing that written intent, via an 'Ideal State Artifact', rather than code should be the source of truth when building software with AI.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform(github.com)

592 points by doener 3 months ago | 274 comments

GitHub repository for PeerTube, an AGPL-licensed ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform that uses P2P delivery in the browser.

The future of software development is software developers(codemanship.wordpress.com)

376 points by cdrnsf 10 months ago | 471 comments

A Codemanship blog post arguing that the future of software development still depends on human software developers.

Taste Is All That's Left(notashelf.dev)

640 points by tsak 2 months ago | 500 comments

A personal blog essay arguing that taste is the remaining differentiator in software development, with sections on friction, economics, and the flood of new software.