Technology Commentary

The Xerox Alto, which debuted in the early spring of 1973, is uncannily familiar today, because we are living in a world of computing that the Alto created. Here's how the Alto came to be.

In this post, Charity talks about the differences between deploys and releases, and why deploys are a terrible way to make UX changes.

Welcome to episode 17 of the Steampipe+Mastodon series, in which we introduce a new subplot: timeline history. So far, the examples I’ve shown and discussed work with current timelines. We&#8…

Once again, Google and Microsoft are battling for the AI spotlight – this time with news around their offerings for developers and the enterprise. These are decidedly less sexy markets &#8211…

As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone

Silicon Valley Bank bears responsibility for its demise, but it symbolizes a Silicon Valley reality that is very different from the myth — and the ultimate cause is tech itself.

How are APIs and Schemas developed & managed for 2500 microservices at Wix

The article emphasizes the importance of creating a stable and easily maintainable application that meets future needs. It discusses the…

If you ask a programmer for advice—a terrible idea—they might tell you something like the following: Don’t repeat yourself. Programs should do one thing and one thing well. Never rewrite your code...

Discover the benefits and challenges of composable architecture, and how it can help you maximize efficiency and flexibility in your…

Should developers know Identity protocols like OpenID Connect and OAuth, or should they only rely on high-level abstractions offered by l...

According to Durkheim (and me), humans prefer to bind together not so much by directly and explicitly valuing each other, but instead indirectly, by choosing something “sacred” outside ourselves to see the same together (and differently from other groups).

There is a new word for the degradation of the internet, but it’s been happening for years. Why do we tolerate it?

Vivaldi's co-founder doesn't think that the Android Privacy Sandbox changes anything, either.

In 1992, Tanenbaum harshly criticized Linux monolithic kernel on comp.os.minix newsgroup. Linus answered in a long persuasive post.

Learn why turning your hobby into a profession may kill your passion and how to overcome it. Gain insights from a developer's experience and tips to avoid burnout and paralysis when working on personal projects related to your profession.

Having learned that Baidu is stealing my first name for its AI chatbot launching this month, let’s talk about the name Ernie for a bit. (Can I stop them?)

Brian Green re-lives the 1980s with dozens of fully operational vintage PCs at home.

Is the current arrangement of keys on the keyboard the most efficient and intuitive solution? Open source aims to address this question with a circular one-handed keyboard.

The last four months have been rough. We’ve had more issues than we’re OK with. I’ve hesitated to share this because, well, I’m fighting a debilitating feeling of failure. Fear, too. If we don’t improve, our company ceases to exist, and I really like working on this company. One interesting problem we have is that we’ve exploded in popularity. It sounds like a good problem to have! But we’ve pushed the platform past what it was originally built to do. We’ve put a lot of work and resources into...

A recent Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) study indicates that 84% of codebases contained at least one known open source vulnerability — an increase of 4% from last year.

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

With their ability to reveal the connections between different data points and sets, knowledge graphs can help support IT and DevOps. Here's how they work. #knowledgegraphs #data