Technology Commentary

In 1977, three new microcomputers appeared on the scene that broke free from the industry’s hobbyist roots: the Apple II, the Commodore PET, and the Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80. Much later, in the 199…

At Staff+, technical brilliance opens doors, but staying useful when the plan isn't yours is what keeps you in the room.

For years, subminiature vacuum tubes were looking like the future of electronics—until a key figure in their rise heard about something better.

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Collective human consciousness is full of imagined or mythical dream-like utopias, hidden away behind mountains, across or under oceans, hidden in mist, or deep in the jungle. From Atlantis, Avalon…

Tech like streaming media and digital photography has made accessing and sharing content a lot more convenient, but there's something to be said for

Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not too early to ask why, and what we need to do about it. Many of us would like to pin the cause on one political...

by Erik Kuefler This article was adapted from a Google Testing on the Toilet (TotT) episode. You can download a printer-friendly version ...

The customer is the victim, not the program.

When you go into a restaurant and you see a sign that says “No Dogs Allowed,” you might think that sign is purely proscriptive: Mr. Restaurant doesn’t like dogs around, so when he…

I started reading software blogs before I got my first programming job 20 years ago. At this point, I've read thousands of blog posts and essays, but a small handful stuck in my mind and changed the way I think about software.

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A sassy weblog written by Nick Heer with topics including technology and policy, Apple, Silicon Valley, and privacy.

One week later, the Olive ecosystem grows!

Context, not computation, is the real currency of intelligent systems

No.372 — What’s guiding our Regenerative Futures? ⊗ The way we think about the future needs to change ⊗ AlphaEarth tracks Earth’s changes ⊗ England’s ice-age ghost ponds

Ever wondered what actually happens when you run an SQL query? From parsing to execution, joins, and optimizations — here’s the full…

Microservices entered the lexicon of systems engineering a number of years ago, breaking up a system which might once have been delivered ...

Matt Biilmann Christensen CEO of Netlify, challenged developers to think about the next significant shift in software: Agent Experience (AX).

Thoughts on getting into modern-day gaming later in life after taking a very long break. (Warning: This is a very elder millennial post, leaning on geriatric.)

Understanding the technology, business, policies, and people of Apis.

The productivity gains from AI tools are undeniable. Development teams are shipping faster, marketing campaigns are launching quicker, and deliverables are

This post takes a look at terminals, TTYs, and PTYs. We’ll cover how terminals work, how pseudo-terminals let programs like bash and vim interact with your keyboard, and how terminal emulators display text and styles. Along the way, you’ll see escape codes, line discipline, signals, and a simple Python example with Pyte to show what’s happening behind the scenes.

Learn how to hook up a light sensor to control the brightness of an LED based on ambient light. Now that's a quick circuit creation!

A recent Secret Service raid uncovers an insane network of SIM cards—along with the oddest piece of hardware I’ve ever seen. Here’s the deal with the SIM bank.