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.

For one of my network storage PC builds, I was looking for an alternative to Flatcar Container Linux and tried out NixOS again (after an almost 10 year break). There are many ways to install NixOS, and in this article I will outline how I like to install NixOS on physical hardware or virtual machines: over the network and fully declaratively.

A quick look into the process of creating a font.

Insightful post from Hillel Wayne exploring how to apply the Hierarchy of Hazard Controls they learned about from a mechanical engineer to a contrived example in programming.

Super interesting look into the #Steam discovery queue system and the impact it has on your game's visibility on the platform

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!

Fun dive into the history of Git's autocorrect feature

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.

Timezones are insane

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

A great summary of a paper that analyzed how medical professionals teach themselves to work around security hygiene that prevents them from doing their job. It's a great look into how people working on securing systems often overlook the day to day reality of how these systems are operated.

Super interesting stuff, it's wild how capable OpenType is.

Surprisingly bullshit-free breakdown of all the considerations that went into creating a brand new front page carousel component for the JioCinema apps.

Super simple and straightforward guide to setting up backups on your NixOS machine via https://restic.net

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!

Kinda wild to me that such a city could ever have existed outside the pages of Science Fiction.