A few extra arguments against LLMs. Mostly a personal answer/rant to an earlier article, and mostly pointing out flaws in the argumentation. For instance, that something was bad 6 months ago doesn't mean it’s good now. The same argument was used 6 months ago by the same people. Comparing people to large organisations when it comes to copyright Anonymous examples The fact that something gets attention doesn’t mean it’s as good as stated: see apps, crypto, etc. The fact that CEOs want us to use it, same thing, and even worse, because CEOs etc

Making a git repo, completely manually. A clever explanation about how git works, and what it does.

All the details about ‘Coding Independent Code Points (CICP) for color space identification’

The brilliant project by Jaap Meijers. An ereader that shows the time by showing quotes from books that show the time.

Brilliant, clever recursive animations

AI is an everything machine, which fits perfectly in a frictionless dystopia. A plea for more friction. I agree fully.

While the idea is nice: own your time, don’t let notifications and managers own it. There is one important flaw though: the word billionaire. Becoming a billionaire is not a good idea, it is a ridiculous american dream.

Excellent explanation of why box-sizing: content-box can be useful.

Some excellent nerdy and niche HTML knowledge about the href attribute value.

Zeer uitgebreid artikel over Malcolm X

One of many people warning for a bubble

Fantastic article about NTP, the complex system that synchronises time on the internet.

So there is no scientific proof that hsl is easier to use. But it does resemble the way human describe colours, much more than rgb.

Very detailed explanation about how to develop software using a screenreader.

When people say it’s hard to leave insta or whatever, this is a good link

Excellent, excellent intelligent rant.

Depressing stats about using ridiculous amounts of energy

Some interesting ideas here, most notably that you should decide what the discussion is about. At the moment, silicon valley decides and that’s bad.

Very interesting article about the work that went into creating Words of Type.

Interesting way of teaching the complexity of typography. A similar approach could be used for other design topics as well.

Fieldsets and what they do

Shocking article about the ‘hysterical obedience’ in Germany:

very common in Germany, that to be law-abiding means not merely to obey the laws but to act as though one were the legislator of the laws that one obeys.

Sound effects of clocks, free to use

I really should make a martian clock. It should somehow be political though.