Topics
Five subjects we keep coming back to.
Every essay in The Ledger belongs to one topic. Pick one to see everything we have written about it.
Design
4 essays
Interfaces, defaults and the small decisions that shape how millions of people spend their day.
Latest
The case for slower software
Craft
2 essays
Habits, tools and techniques from people who care about doing the work well.
Latest
What a paper notebook taught me about undo
Writing
2 essays
On documentation, editing and saying clearly what you mean.
Latest
Writing documentation people actually read
Culture
2 essays
How teams, communities and companies actually work, beyond the org chart.
Latest
The quiet economics of open source
Engineering
2 essays
Systems, maintenance and the unglamorous choices that keep software running.
Latest
In praise of boring technology, revisited
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