"Traditional, but Puzzling"(unsung.aresluna.org)

42 points by colinprince 9 days ago | 7 comments

Blog post on the Unsung software craft blog about a puzzling Unix error message seen by users in the 1990s and its history.

“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.

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

149 points by zdw 1 month ago | 75 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.

“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

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.

Goodbye Google(robert.ocallahan.org)

165 points by Murmuring9087 1 month ago | 175 comments

Personal blog post by Robert O'Callahan titled "Goodbye Google", apparently announcing his departure from Google.

Good software knows when to stop(ogirardot.writizzy.com)

519 points by ssaboum 7 months ago | 261 comments

Blog post by Olivier Girardot arguing that good software should know when to stop adding features, opening with a hypothetical surprising change to the ls command.

Where is all the new, good software?(natemeyvis.com)

26 points by ingve 13 days ago | 36 comments

Blog post by Nate Meyvis offering conjectural answers to why AI coding hasn't visibly produced more new, good software.

If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?(ptrchm.com)

702 points by pchm 3 months ago | 526 comments

Blog essay arguing that despite hype about AI solving coding and an 'Agentic Era', software quality keeps getting worse.

Security auditing in the age of (good enough) AI(blog.trailofbits.com)

88 points by aray07 1 month ago | 13 comments

Trail of Bits blog post on using AI agents to build custom tooling (LSP server, decompiler, static analyzer) and formal models for auditing the Miden zero-knowledge VM.

Free Software Is a Failure(paritybit.ca)

7 points by gum_wobble 1 day ago | 6 comments

Blog essay by Jake Bauer arguing that the copyleft Free Software movement and the GPL fail at their stated goals and harm the broader FOSS ecosystem.