A deep dive into the convoluted and fascinating story of one of the most important keys on the keyboard

Discover the unique design challenges of creating a spherical planet out of Minecraft-like blocks.

Great post explaining how the software engineering industry has been walking into a potential labor collapse by alienating junior engineers.

A sweet and simple guide for declarative integration of the Catppuccin themes for Gitea/Forgejo on a NixOS host.

A quick look into the process of creating a font.

A retrospective post about how #Balatro came to be, straight from its creator. Very helpful knowledge for budding game devs to learn the process behind having their own indie hit!

Very neat explanation of how databases work hard to keep your data safe. I was surprised to learn about the failure mode of reading from page cache twice and the database convincing itself that the data has been written out even though it really hasn't.

Super interesting deep dive into why the Android calculator app is so much better than iOS', and the incredible amount of work Hans Boehm put into making it so. I have never been more interested in calculators than reading this post!

Great read on the state of the AI industry post the release of DeepSeek R1, which has shattered the idea of AI training only being available to the biggest players in the field.

Some tips from P-Y to write handy utilities for enums like ensuring entries are sorted or that they have unique labels, in a generic fashion.

Simon Willison draws on his past experience working on event management websites to explain the real world problems that arise when you try to keep time for humans, along with actionable advice to minimize both your own and your users' suffering.

Anything I say about it will ruin the delight of experiencing this page for the first time.

Great read on understanding the incentives behind software development.

Probably the most in-depth history of the events that led to the creation of Git by Linus. Great read!

Just beautifully written. I would recommend reading this even if you are in a good place mentally.

Being able to make slides with Compose sounds fun!