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gamingSubscriberA field guide to modding tools
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Jules Ferrand · 5 Apr 2025
aiSubscriberA field guide to data centres
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Ada Okafor · 1 Apr 2025
hardwareSubscriberThe economics of case airflow
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Mira Kessler · 31 Mar 2025
gamingSubscriberWhat comes after speedrunning
The early adopters are enthusiastic. The second wave is not.
Jules Ferrand · 30 Mar 2025
cultureSubscriberWhat we get wrong about password managers
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Nadia Farrow · 29 Mar 2025
hardwareSubscriberThe problem with mechanical keyboards
The fix is known. The hard part is paying for it now.
Mira Kessler · 28 Mar 2025
gamingSubscriberThe bill for game engines is coming due
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Jules Ferrand · 28 Mar 2025
cultureSubscriberNo silver bullet for second-hand offices
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Nadia Farrow · 25 Mar 2025
softwareSubscriberA field guide to Postgres queues
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Tomas Rehn · 24 Mar 2025
hardwareSubscriberThe case against 2.5GbE networking
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Mira Kessler · 15 Mar 2025
cultureSubscriberBeyond second-hand offices
The fix is known. The hard part is paying for it now.
Nadia Farrow · 6 Mar 2025
softwareSubscriberThe problem with monorepos
The tooling is better than it was. So are the expectations.
Tomas Rehn · 4 Mar 2025
softwareSubscriberThe long road to test suites
Everyone agrees on the goal. Nobody agrees on who pays for it.
Tomas Rehn · 28 Feb 2025
cultureSubscriberrepair shops: a reality check
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Nadia Farrow · 26 Feb 2025
gamingSubscribervoice acting, five years later
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Jules Ferrand · 25 Feb 2025
cultureSubscriberThe economics of office returns
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Nadia Farrow · 25 Feb 2025
softwareSubscriberA short history of SQLite
The interesting part is not the technology but the incentives.
Tomas Rehn · 21 Feb 2025
gamingSubscriberThe long road to frame generation
The market has moved faster than the documentation.
Jules Ferrand · 16 Feb 2025
gamingSubscriberThe bill for speedrunning is coming due
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Jules Ferrand · 14 Feb 2025
cultureSubscriberThe bill for electronics clubs is coming due
The same argument has been made for a decade, with worse numbers.
Nadia Farrow · 14 Feb 2025
hardwareSubscriberThe case for motherboard VRMs
The tooling is better than it was. So are the expectations.
Mira Kessler · 14 Feb 2025
aiSubscriberBeyond AI regulation
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Ada Okafor · 9 Feb 2025
softwareSubscriberBeyond package managers
Everyone agrees on the goal. Nobody agrees on who pays for it.
Tomas Rehn · 7 Feb 2025
softwareSubscriberWhat comes after static binaries
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Tomas Rehn · 3 Feb 2025
cultureSubscriberWhat we get wrong about note-taking apps
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Nadia Farrow · 3 Feb 2025
cultureSubscriberNo silver bullet for maker spaces
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Nadia Farrow · 1 Feb 2025
aiSubscriberThe slow normalization of AI assistants
Everyone agrees on the goal. Nobody agrees on who pays for it.
Ada Okafor · 31 Jan 2025
gamingSubscriberBeyond game servers
The measurements are real. The conclusions are doing fieldwork.
Jules Ferrand · 31 Jan 2025
softwareSubscriberNo silver bullet for container images
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Tomas Rehn · 29 Jan 2025
softwareSubscriberEveryone is wrong about dependency trees
A useful reminder that defaults are product decisions.
Tomas Rehn · 28 Jan 2025
gamingSubscriberThe bill for game passes is coming due
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Jules Ferrand · 24 Jan 2025
cultureSubscriberThe case against retro computing
The fix is known. The hard part is paying for it now.
Nadia Farrow · 23 Jan 2025
cultureSubscriberWhat we get wrong about remote work
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Nadia Farrow · 23 Jan 2025
softwareSubscriberThe next fight over logging pipelines
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Tomas Rehn · 22 Jan 2025
cultureSubscriberWhat comes after password managers
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Nadia Farrow · 20 Jan 2025
aiSubscriberThe next fight over distillation
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Ada Okafor · 17 Jan 2025
hardwareSubscriberWhat we get wrong about small-form-factor cases
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Mira Kessler · 16 Jan 2025
gamingSubscriberThe hidden cost of game passes
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Jules Ferrand · 12 Jan 2025
gamingSubscriberWhat comes after emulation
The interesting part is not the technology but the incentives.
Jules Ferrand · 9 Jan 2025
gamingSubscriberThe case against emulation
The spec is settled. The implementation is another matter.
Jules Ferrand · 7 Jan 2025
softwareSubscriberThe quiet crisis in local-first apps
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Tomas Rehn · 3 Jan 2025
aiSubscriberThe bill for model distillation is coming due
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Ada Okafor · 1 Jan 2025
softwareSubscriberThe uncomfortable truth about error messages
The market has moved faster than the documentation.
Tomas Rehn · 29 Dec 2024
aiSubscriberNo silver bullet for prompt caching
A useful reminder that defaults are product decisions.
Ada Okafor · 27 Dec 2024
cultureSubscriberNo silver bullet for abandoned software
The people closest to the work are the least surprised.
Nadia Farrow · 25 Dec 2024
softwareSubscriberWhat the maintainer burnout debate misses
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Tomas Rehn · 23 Dec 2024
hardwareSubscriberHow USB4 cables got complicated
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Mira Kessler · 23 Dec 2024
hardwareSubscriberA field guide to external GPU enclosures
The headline is simple. The second-order effects are not.
Mira Kessler · 17 Dec 2024
gamingSubscriberThe hidden cost of game soundtracks
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Jules Ferrand · 16 Dec 2024
gamingSubscriberA short history of game preservation
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Jules Ferrand · 14 Dec 2024
aiSubscriberThe long road to synthetic data
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Ada Okafor · 13 Dec 2024
cultureSubscriberA field guide to home servers
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Nadia Farrow · 12 Dec 2024
hardwareSubscriberNo silver bullet for fanless laptops
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Mira Kessler · 12 Dec 2024
gamingSubscriberThe quiet crisis in controller drift
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Jules Ferrand · 11 Dec 2024
hardwareSubscriberWhat the laptop webcams debate misses
The headline is simple. The second-order effects are not.
Mira Kessler · 29 Nov 2024
softwareSubscriberBeyond dependency trees
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Tomas Rehn · 27 Nov 2024
cultureSubscriberThe limits of domain names
Everyone agrees on the goal. Nobody agrees on who pays for it.
Nadia Farrow · 27 Nov 2024
softwareSubscriberHow documentation got complicated
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Tomas Rehn · 26 Nov 2024
aiSubscriberA field guide to prompt caching
The market has moved faster than the documentation.
Ada Okafor · 25 Nov 2024
aiSubscriberThe problem with GPU memory bandwidth
The spec is settled. The implementation is another matter.
Ada Okafor · 24 Nov 2024