20 random bookmarks

2026-05-05

42.

Work with the garage door up

notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_garage_door_up

2026-01-07

39.

Semantic Compression

caseymuratori.com/blog_0015

In other words, revisiting the code you've already written and making it more concise could improve its readability (and also why code review is a thing).

This also aligns with the "Writing code that is easy for others to read" chapter in the Programmer's Brain book.

2025-12-15

36.

Get Started - Design - Apple Developer

developer.apple.com/design/get-started
35.

Scott Jenson – Exploring the world beyond mobile

jenson.org

2025-11-28

33.

Artificial Innovation

4u.lol/writing/artificial-innovation

2025-10-01

32.

Go 101 -Go 101

go101.org

2025-08-19

26.

SwiftUI Font and Texts - swiftyplace

www.swiftyplace.com/blog/swiftui-font-and-texts
25.

No Comment

prog21.dadgum.com/57.html

2025-08-10

23.

Bret Victor, human being

worrydream.com

2025-07-28

21.

Overview of last 20 years of DBMSs

db.cs.cmu.edu/papers/2024/whatgoesaround-sigmodrec2024.pdf

And some talk about SQL and relational models.

2025-07-15

19.

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 4 – Wayland Is Growing Up. And Now We Don’t Have a Choice — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice

2025-07-03

17.

Test your click speed - InstantClick

instantclick.io/click-test

2025-06-30

14.

Community-driven shader library for Godot

godotshaders.com

2025-06-13

12.

The Narrative Fallacy — Ludicity

ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/the-narrative-fallacy

“Structuring your theory into a story makes it more compelling.”

11.

Data Engineers Should Be Held To The Same Standards As Bakers

www.hermit-tech.com/blog/data-engineers-and-bakers

The latter consequence of low expectations is the more serious one. It's something that some people may never recover from. The average career of a paramedic is 6-8 years because of the physical and psychological strain the job puts on a person. The career of a physiotherapist is about the same, mainly because they become someone's personal psychologist 8 times a day while treating back pain or a sore knee. The trajectory of a data or software engineer seems to be a bit different: they burn out from the mental stress of working in dishonest and fraudulent cultures that produce unsatisfying work, but the engineer stays in the profession. Only they're a shell of a human. How many developers or programmers do you know who are a little sad all the time? I wonder what caused them to be like that.

2025-06-01

8.

UI Density || Matthew Ström, designer-leader

matthewstrom.com/writing/ui-density

Designing for UI density goes beyond the visual aspects of an interface. It includes all the implicit and explicit design decisions we make, and all the information we choose to show on the screen. It includes all time and the actions a user takes to get something valuable out of the software.

So, finally, a concrete definition of UI density: UI density is the value a user gets from the interface divided by the time and space the interface occupies.

Speed, usability, consistency, predictability, information richness, and functionality all play an important role in this equation. By taking account of all these aspects, we can understand why some interfaces succeed and others fail. And by designing for density, we can help people get more value out of the software we build.

5.

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-1-built-for-control-but-not-for-people

It seems that Linux distributions were more accessible for blind people in 2012 than in 2025. It hurts my soul. Accessibility is not a question of "if", it's about "when" - you and me don't get any younger with each passing day - our vision might get blurrier, our programmers hands will get tired pressing those keys every day.

I hope my projects doing a little bit better in that regard.

2025-05-31

Reposted 3.

CSS Minecraft

benjaminaster.github.io/CSS-Minecraft

A Minecraft clone made with pure HTML & CSS – no JavaScript.

2.

This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii

blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii

NetBSD-based Nintendo Wii that serves static content using HTTP, proxied by Caddy to the whole world wide web. Beautiful.

1.

The Advantages of Text-Based Information Versus Videos, Audio or Images

karl-voit.at/2022/01/08/text-vs-video-audio-images