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The case for slower software
Speed is a feature, but so is the time to think. Notes on building tools that respect attention.
Jonah Reyes
· 4 min read
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What a paper notebook taught me about undo
Crossing things out is a feature. Why the best editors keep your mistakes visible.
Ana Ferreira · · 4 min read
Design
Defaults are decisions
Every setting you ship unchanged is a choice made on behalf of millions of people.
Jonah Reyes · · 9 min read
Writing
Writing documentation people actually read
Start with the question someone is asking at 2am, not the architecture diagram.
Priya Nair · · 6 min read
Culture
The quiet economics of open source
Who pays for the libraries the internet runs on, and what happens when they stop.
Tomás Lindgren · · 11 min read
Craft
Why every team needs a changelog
A changelog is a promise you keep in public. It is also the cheapest marketing you will ever do.
Ana Ferreira · · 5 min read
Engineering
In praise of boring technology, revisited
Ten years on, the boring stack is still winning. Here is what changed and what did not.
Priya Nair · · 8 min read
From the archive
From the archive
“A changelog is a promise you keep in public.”
Ana Ferreira, Why every team needs a changelog
