“The collapse of complex software - Read the Tea Leaves”
Must read blog post of the week.
“The Spam Has Arrived - Miriam Eric Suzanne”
Tackbacks, pingbacks, webmentions—they all seem to handwave their way through the spam problem.
Every time I take another look at Shared Element Transitions the more convinced I get that they’re going to be right up there with CSS Grid, container queries, service workers, or native JS module in terms of changing how we do web dev.
People who spread Wired Mag’s ‘scary accurate predictions’ from 1997 are giving them much too much credit. It was originally published as a counterfactual addendum to their hyper-optimistic techno-utopian main story. It existed only as an afterthought to stave off criticism.
“Why Ventura System Settings is bad”
macOS used to have a substantial UX advantage over other OSes. Now they seem intent on pissing that away as fast as they can.
“They lack the visual clarity and integrity of great Mac software.”
“Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly - by Adam Mastroianni”
Not convinced by the cited causes but the observed trend is definitely a thing.
“How much research is just enough research? How much is too much?”
Yesterday I published “On online collaboration and our obligations as makers of software”
This is the last part in my series on the research I’ve been doing and how it changed my understanding of online work in general
Midnight sun
“You should be reading academic computer science papers - Stack Overflow Blog”
“Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable · Caffeinspiration”
“Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits - Ken Kantzer’s Blog”
“Smaller is better (The rise, fall, and rise of flat file software) - Wilcosky”
I’ve never understood the view I sometimes hear from Americans that increased customer rights and protections impinge on the freedoms of the company making the product.
Like, I bought the widget. I should be able to do whatever I want with it. Maybe I’m just too European 🤷♂️