Ousterhouts book was very much an eye opener for me when i stumbled over it some years ago.
All those recommendations from the “clean code” corner always felt a tad off to me, but i couldn’t put the finger on it. Then i read this small and nicely written book an suddenly the fog cleared up.
That wallpaper is something. Wow.
Oh wow, people like that really do exist.
Non-flat roads do exist.
How does that even relate?
Mail encryption has nothing to do with how the mail is formatted (html vs plain text). And the client protocol for fetching the mail from the server also has nothing to do with that.
Well, who said the c in c/something is NOT commune? ;-)
But what about those stupid apps that refuse to use the sd card?
It’s silly :-(
Teilweise relevant https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-longtermismus-der-geist-des-digitalen-kapitalismus
Und erklärt ziemlich viel vom aktuellen Wahnsinn.