Category: Shared
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You no longer need JavaScript (Lyra Rebane)
I know the basics of HTML and CSS, but I didn’t realise just how insanely good it’s gotten lately. From a cursory glance both seem like “easy to use, hard to master” markup languages with the mastery being very rewarding. I’ve been thinking about making a “music talk” site with Hugo (from scratch) as an…
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A eulogy for the most misunderstood Windows version (Ulveon)
https://ulveon.net/p/2026-06-04-a-eulogy-for-the-most-misunderstood-windows-version Windows Vista feels like the runt of Windows’ lineage. A troubled and probably even rushed development cycle, combined with complacency on part of the OEMs with XP being very modest on hardware requirements, meant that Windows Vista got a bad rap amongst computer users for being slow and buggy, even nowadays. Its notoriety for…
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The tragedy of systemd (Benno Rice)
Great video detailing the arguments against systemd and why they don’t hold water.
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I Escaped the Apple Ecosystem – It Backfired (mrwhosetheboss)
Pretty good video explaining how moving away the Apple ecosystem is not that frictionless, especially when there are things that can be considered dealbreakers. I relate a lot to how bad it was for Arun to go for a non-Apple smartwatch, as my Apple Watch has been immensely helpful for dealing with the worst parts…