20 random bookmarks

@msfjarvis@androiddev.social's personal link log, mostly revolving around tech and tech-adjacent culture.

2025-10-29

90.

Debugging Stories

github.com/danluu/debugging-stories

Miscellaneous collection of blogposts from people who had to debug some really strange computers.

2025-09-12

86.

links ~ glfmn.io

glfmn.io/links

Gwen Lofman's living collection of links that has some incredibly good stuff.

2025-08-28

80.

Frame of preference

aresluna.org/frame-of-preference

A history of Mac settings, 1984–2004

2025-06-13

76.

Teaching Tech Together

teachtogether.tech/en/index.html

How to create and deliver lessons that work and build a teaching community around them

2025-05-26

74.

I made a font

blog.chay.dev/i-made-a-font

A quick look into the process of creating a font.

2025-05-09

72.

Can It Run Doom? An Archive of All Known Ports

www.canitrundoom.org

Explore an archive of Doom ports showcasing how the game has been adapted to run on various devices, even those not originally intended for gaming.

2025-04-23

69.

You wouldn't steal a font

fedi.rib.gay/notes/a6xqityngfubsz0f

Or would you?

2025-04-02

68.

How to Sync Anything

neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/04/06/how-to-sync-anything

2025-03-22

66.

When you deleted /lib on Linux while still connected via ssh

tinyhack.com/2022/09/16/when-you-deleted-lib-on-linux-while-still-connected-via-ssh

Some clever tricks you can employ to salvage an essentially un-salvageable machine. I learned a lot of new things from this!

2025-03-11

63.

20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 1)

ploum.net/2024-10-20-20years-linux-desktop-part1.html

2025-03-07

62.

The Balatro Timeline

localthunk.com/blog/balatro-timeline-3aarh

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!

2025-02-20

57.

What is the post launch Discovery Queue – How To Market A Game

howtomarketagame.com/2025/02/19/what-is-the-post-launch-discovery-queue

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

2025-02-08

53.

Install NixOS on a Free Oracle Cloud VM

mtlynch.io/notes/nix-oracle-cloud

Oracle provides some incredibly powerful hardware for free and this post explains a very straightforward and easy to follow way to get set up with NixOS on their servers.

2025-01-28

50.

DeepSeek: The Greatest Growth Hack of All Times meets its David in a Chinese Quant

centreforaileadership.org/resources/deepseeks_narrative_attack

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.

2025-01-14

49.

Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?

blog.gitbutler.com/why-is-git-autocorrect-too-fast-for-formula-one-drivers

Fun dive into the history of Git's autocorrect feature

2024-07-18

20.

Code is run more than read

olano.dev/blog/code-is-run-more-than-read

Great read on understanding the incentives behind software development.

2024-07-10

19.

How Airbnb fails to protect guests from hidden cameras

edition.cnn.com/2024/07/09/business/airbnb-hidden-camera-invs/index.html

Airbnb has always felt sketchy about how they try to avoid responsibility for hosts but the deposition sheds light on just how deep this runs. Turns out not even sexual assault perpetrators are deemed as unsafe enough to be banned from being hosts on Airbnb.

2024-07-06

17.

The history of Git

blog.brachiosoft.com/en/posts/git

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

16.

Properly Testing Concurrent Data Structures

matklad.github.io/2024/07/05/properly-testing-concurrent-data-structures.html

2024-06-24

8.

How TED talks became the Picotop of millennial intellectualism

www.joanwestenberg.com/ted-talks-the-picotop-of-millennial-pop-intellectualism