Someone behind the software(karrisaarinen.com)
532 points by tosh | 188 comments
Blog post by Karri Saarinen arguing that good software products carry the experience, values, and perspective of the people who make them.
#craftsmanship on Hacker News
8 stories tagged craftsmanship, newest first.
It's still ok to enjoy programming(chriskiehl.com)
665 points by goostavos | 578 comments
A personal blog essay by Chris Kiehl titled "It's still OK to enjoy programming," about taking joy in the craft of programming.
Making(beej.us)
414 points by erikschoster | 169 comments
Beej's blog essay "On Making" about finding fulfillment in building things yourself and feeling less of it when AI builds code at your request.
Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste(seated.ro)
419 points by jxmorris12 | 311 comments
A short personal blog post arguing that tinkering—making small changes to tools and things—is how people develop good taste.
The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality(english.elpais.com)
335 points by geox | 585 comments
El País English culture article examining why the quality of products and services, from airline seats to clothing to customer service, seems to be declining.
Nobody cares(grantslatton.com)
833 points by fzliu | 778 comments
A personal blog rant by Grant Slatton arguing that most people don't care about doing excellent work, citing examples like the DMV and buggy software.
An Unreasonable Amount of Time(allenpike.com)
473 points by memalign | 81 comments
Allen Pike's short essay using a Teller magic trick to illustrate how spending an unreasonable amount of time on something can create magic.
Giving a Shit as a Service (2022)(allenpike.com)
423 points by damir | 225 comments
Allen Pike's 2022 blog post offering a mental model for service businesses: the value clients pay for is someone genuinely caring about their work.