"Traditional, but Puzzling"(unsung.aresluna.org)
42 points by colinprince | 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.
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Good type against all odds(unsung.aresluna.org)
187 points by firloop | 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.
On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted(unsung.aresluna.org)
346 points by jandeboevrie | 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.
“I just chose words carefully”(unsung.aresluna.org)
1133 points by zdw | 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.
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