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As a classic car enthusiast, my passion revolves around cars with a Made in West Germany stamp somewhere on them, partially because that phrase generally implied a reputation for mechanical honesty…

Not too long ago, part of using a computer was often finding the correct disk for the application you wanted to run and inserting it into your machine before you could start. With modern storage, t…

Ok, you caught us. It certainly isn’t going to be the year of Algol. When you think of “old” programming languages, you usually think of FORTRAN and COBOL. You should also think o…

In a fascinating op-ed, David Bell, a professor of history at Princeton, argues that “AI is shedding enlightenment values.” As someone who has taught writing

The Future of AI-Assisted Development

Applying human ergonomics and design principles to syntax highlighting

The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.

apps vs web; software quality; music streaming; cynicism, friction, and cheat codes

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

Instead of letting your old TV collect dust or end up in a landfill, with a little creativity you can turn it into something surprisingly useful.

In 1997, I opened a Hotmail account to get setup on eBay and buy used computer hardware parts like motherboards, RAM, and video cards. I was on a mission to build Linux boxes, for no good reason other than I could, it was fun, and—as far as I was concerned—at the bleeding-edge of innovation in info

Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery

TransferGo, founded in 2012, serves over 8 million customers in 160+ countries by providing fast and affordable international money transfers. In 2021, its Backend Guild faced challenges with inconsistent API documentation and schema maintenance across dozens of services and hundreds of channels. To solve this, TransferGo adopted a code-first AsyncAPI approach with internal PHP/.NET libraries, integrated validation and optimization pipelines, and automated publishing of schemas to a centralized Port.io Developer Portal. With tools like Event Catalog, Microcks, and their internal API Guardian CLI, TransferGo ensures reliable, scalable, and well-documented asynchronous communication across its event-driven architecture.

CNET takes you back to 2001, when Intel almost jumped into the tablet business.

There’s a quiet geometry to observation. It doesn’t come from fancy tools or adrenaline, but from silence, patience, and a knack for…

If you’re going to be a hacker, learning C is a rite of passage. If you don’t have much experience with C, or if your experience is out of date, you very well may benefit from hearing […

Nature is known for its intense beauty from its patterns and bright colors; however, this requires going outside. Who has time for that insanity!?!? [Bleuje] provides the perfect solution with his …

We at Hackaday are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Murray-Smith. The prolific experimenter had spent over a decade on YouTube, creating more than 2,500 videos where he gleefully d…

tl/dr: it can deliver big performance speedups at modest area cost

This late morning while drinking a glass of water after waking up to rehydrate, I was of course scrolling social media and saw a post about Julia Roberts mentioning Morrissey, cancel culture and ar…

A common misconception about O'Reilly is that we cater only to the deeply technical learner. While we're proud of our deep roots in the tech community, the

MyTerms (IEEE P7012) is on track to be ProjectVRM's biggest achievement—and maybe the biggest thing on the Net since the Web. I'm biased, but I believe it. And that track runs through three events next week: VRM Day, on Monday October 20. IIW, the Internet Identity Workshop, from Tuesday to Thurdsday, October 21 to 23.…

Choosing Between Tools and Agents with MCP and A2A

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Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

Posted on Monday 13 Oct 2025. 698 words, 12 links. By Matt Webb.