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Fast Software, the Best Software

https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/
16•ustad•3h ago

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gsu2•28m ago
This is slop; I stopped reading after this line:

> Fastness in software is like great margins in a book — makes you smile without necessarily knowing why.

ManuelKiessling•11m ago
The article is from 2019.
fmajid•21m ago
No, no software is the best software.

BTW, the title should say "(2019)".

embedding-shape•8m ago
Best solution is no software, or as little code as possible. But that the best software is no software isn't very practical or actionable :)
FrankRay78•19m ago
Slop or not, I enjoyed reading it. And could relate.

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https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/changelog
139•dabinat•6h ago•46 comments

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237•nozzlegear•8h ago•123 comments

Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable

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578•asronline•15h ago•243 comments

Web-based cryptography is always snake oil

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29•enz•2h ago•34 comments

Pandoc Lua Filters

https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html
73•ankitg12•2d ago•2 comments

GPT-5.5 Codex reasoning-token clustering may be leading to degraded performance

https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/30364
280•maille•12h ago•111 comments

Apocketlypse

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16•scaglio•2h ago•1 comments

Fast Software, the Best Software

https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/
16•ustad•3h ago•5 comments

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129•hhs•12h ago•30 comments

Programmers need to start meditating

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58•enz•3h ago•46 comments

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https://computer.rip/2026-07-04-microwave-and-power.html
27•eternauta3k•4h ago•2 comments

Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)

https://software.annas-archive.gl/AnnaArchivist/annas-archive/-/work_items/234
475•Cider9986•17h ago•272 comments

Leaking YouTube creators' private videos

https://javoriuski.com/post/youtube
624•javxfps•18h ago•346 comments

Moby Dick Workout (2022)

https://www.hogbaysoftware.com/posts/moby-dick-workout/
45•helloplanets•6h ago•13 comments

Artful Cats: Feline-Inspired Art and Artifacts

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/art-cats
44•jruohonen•3d ago•4 comments

About the Digital Art

https://www.tricivenola.com/about-the-digital-art/
10•NaOH•3d ago•1 comments

The Economy Is K-Shaped

https://moai.studio/blog/posts/economy-is-k-shaped.html
6•ionwake•2d ago•4 comments

Better Models: Worse Tools

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/7/4/better-models-worse-tools/
178•leemoore•14h ago•63 comments

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyIQkqBXhS0
77•mhb•2d ago•8 comments

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https://hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/1098-Metas-Un-Stable-Signature.html
92•ementally•3d ago•13 comments

The Log Is the Agent

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21997
46•iacguy•7h ago•12 comments

Zig: All Package Management Functionality Moved from Compiler to Build System

https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-06-30
210•tosh•18h ago•66 comments

Potential session/cache leakage between workspace instances or consumer accounts

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/74066
300•chatmasta•20h ago•129 comments

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53•Anon84•10h ago•13 comments

"Beyond the limit": Satellites and mirrors in space pose threat to the night sky

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147•Breadmaker•17h ago•248 comments

My ASN Journey series (2024)

https://www.animmouse.com/p/my-asn-journey/
22•antonalekseev•6h ago•6 comments

What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)

https://wozniak.ca/blog/2014/08/03/1/index.html
194•ciconia•4d ago•226 comments

Record-breaking solo rower Kelsey Pfendler arrives in Hawaii

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52•MaysonL•9h ago•5 comments

sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25)

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/5/sqlite-utils-fable/
51•ognyankulev•4h ago•56 comments

Drone Autonomy (2021)

https://www.cggonzalez.com/blog/index.html
60•cgg1•11h ago•5 comments