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Software chronology - Dmitry Brant
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Software and Communication
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| | [AI summary] The article argues that software development should prioritize clear communication and code accessibility for future collaborators over the exclusive use of advanced language features.
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Review: Onyx Boox Nova 3 Color | foosel.net
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| | A long overdue e-reader review, after 1.5 years of use
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How to trade software for small money?
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Unix as a tool forge
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| Wikipedia1 cites a few different sources on what "Unix Philosophy" is. Peter Salus summarizes it as: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface. That second bullet point is my favorite: making composable programs rather than monolithic systems. In this way, Unix is designed to be a forge for easily building new tools. The first rule-writing programs that do one thing well-is largely a means...