17 June 2026

23 links ยท Wednesday

I wanted Bear Blog, but for my photos

I love Bear. It is one of the few places on the web that still feels calm, personal, and human. You write something, publish it, and it exists as a simple...

You Got Faster. Your Company Didn’t.

AI made you faster. But you’re not more productive; you’re outsourcing the slow part to everyone else

Microsoft's Secret 90s Weapon That Made Windows Fast

Ever wonder how Windows managed to run so smoothly on the hardware of the 1990s? The answer lies in a highly classified internal Microsoft project codenamed "Microsoft LEGO". Before modern compilers did all the heavy lifting, Microsoft engineers relied on a s…

I got phished!

The hotel I booked my stay at got hacked and I got tricked into inputting my credit card details in a phishing attempt.

The Limits of Altruism

I will try to explain why it is counter productive to design some systems fully basing their operations & maintenance on altruism. I reference my personal frustrations & observations on certain open source projects.

Bubbles

Independent blog posts, ranked by the community. Good stuff bubbles up. The rest pops.