Good type against all odds(unsung.aresluna.org)

187 points by firloop 5 days ago | 24 comments

A blog post on Unsung, a software craft and quality blog, titled "Good type against all odds" about typography done well under constraints.

Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 2: The Mac side(unsung.aresluna.org)

149 points by zdw 1 month ago | 75 comments

On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted(unsung.aresluna.org)

346 points by jandeboevrie 29 days ago | 306 comments

A blog post on the Unsung software craft blog about NeoVim deleting Vim undo files and developers' duty of care toward user data.

“We want it to really confuse people, but also really make people happy”(unsung.aresluna.org)

50 points by zdw 1 month ago | 18 comments

Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs(unsung.aresluna.org)

321 points by sohkamyung 17 days ago | 260 comments

A deep-dive blog post on the Unsung software craft blog comparing keyboard layouts, keys, and shortcut conventions between Windows PCs and Macs.

“I just chose words carefully”(unsung.aresluna.org)

1133 points by zdw 1 month ago | 326 comments

A blog post on Marcin Wichary's Unsung blog about the difficulties of typesetting text in monospace and choosing words carefully to fit it.

What Is PID 0?(blog.dave.tf)

344 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 56 comments

Blog post by David Anderson explaining what PID 0 is in Unix/Linux, why it is hidden from userspace, and its role in booting and idle scheduling.

On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted(unsung.aresluna.org)

346 points by jandeboevrie 29 days ago | 306 comments

A blog post on the Unsung software craft blog about NeoVim deleting Vim undo files and developers' duty of care toward user data.

%CPU utilization is a lie(brendanlong.com)

396 points by BrendanLong 1 year ago | 135 comments

Blog post by Brendan Long arguing that %CPU utilization reported by tools like top misrepresents how close servers are to their actual capacity limits.

3,200% CPU Utilization(josephmate.github.io)

470 points by atomlib 1 year ago | 207 comments

Blog post debugging a Java service hitting 3,200% CPU across 32 cores, traced via thread dumps to concurrent unsynchronized TreeMap.put calls.

Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering(jvns.ca)

343 points by tanelpoder 1 year ago | 85 comments

Julia Evans blog post explaining why Unix pipelines like tail -f | grep | grep appear stuck due to output buffering, and how to fix it.

Write more "useless" software(ntietz.com)

819 points by greenSunglass 3 years ago | 239 comments

Blog post arguing that writing playful, "useless" software like the Hurl language is a valuable way to explore and enjoy computing.