Blogs

Latest posts from various interesting blogs related to programming, system administration and other software-development-related topics. See also Links and Bits for the curated feeds.

Measurement and Numbers
Jul 14, 2025 | blog.jim-nielsen.com

Ask Ruben: do you use LLMs to write posts?
Jul 14, 2025 | rubenerd.com | software, hype, pie, slop

How digital is Germany?
Jul 13, 2025 | mertbulan.com | germany

Some OP shop computer book finds!
Jul 13, 2025 | rubenerd.com | media, books, nostalgia, retrocomputing

2.5 Admins discusses VMware and software audits
Jul 12, 2025 | rubenerd.com | software, bhyve, hypervisors, support

Switching to Claude Code + VSCode inside Docker
Jul 11, 2025 | timsh.org

Weeknote #1956
Jul 11, 2025 | rknight.me

Gary Kildall’s death investigation
Jul 11, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

VHS, VCDs, and Laserdiscs in Southeast Asia
Jul 11, 2025 | rubenerd.com | media, australia, laserdisc, malaysia, singapore, vcd

Computers Are a Feeling
Jul 10, 2025 | blog.jim-nielsen.com

Talking about Apple again
Jul 10, 2025 | rubenerd.com | software, apple

How Donkey Kong toppled Atari
Jul 10, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Gaming

New MSX project: Dual Gamma
Jul 10, 2025 | usebox.net | MSX, gamedev

Monorail: Pioneering $999 PCs from 1996
Jul 9, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

A beautiful afternoon in an Asquith coffee shop
Jul 9, 2025 | rubenerd.com | travel, coffee

Pilot Juice Planet Labyrinth Set
Jul 8, 2025 | rknight.me

Ray Kassar, former Atari CEO
Jul 8, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

Understanding how RSS is delivered
Jul 8, 2025 | rubenerd.com | software, atom, rss, xml

2025 Mildliners Calm Set
Jul 8, 2025 | rknight.me

Follow Up: An Analysis of YouTube Links From The White House’s “Wire” Website
Jul 7, 2025 | blog.jim-nielsen.com

Insomnia is a jerk, and I’m not a fan of their work
Jul 7, 2025 | rubenerd.com | thoughts, health, personal

Why IBM bought Lotus
Jul 7, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

A parser and interpreter for a very small language
Jul 7, 2025 | blog.ploeh.dk

Voting in the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs
Jul 7, 2025 | rubenerd.com | media, australia, music, music monday

Do You Even Personalize, Bro?
Jul 6, 2025 | blog.jim-nielsen.com

Voting with one’s wallet
Jul 6, 2025 | rubenerd.com | thoughts, business

Redo the undo
Jul 6, 2025 | pawelgrzybek.com

ZX Spectrum+ Toastrack Part 2
Jul 6, 2025 | celso.io

An Ad Hoc Decade
Jul 5, 2025 | theadhocracy.co.uk

My Blogroll Is Now My Feed Reader
Jul 5, 2025 | susam.net

Timex Sinclair 1000 computer: Revisiting its legacy
Jul 4, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

Weeknote #1955
Jul 4, 2025 | rknight.me

Now (July 2025)
Jul 3, 2025 | rknight.me

Compute!’s Gazette magazine, 1983-1995
Jul 3, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

Million Times Million
Jul 3, 2025 | susam.net

Setting Element Ordering With HTML Rewriter Using CSS
Jul 2, 2025 | blog.jim-nielsen.com

Jack Tramiel and Atari
Jul 2, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

What's new in ECMAScript 2025
Jul 2, 2025 | pawelgrzybek.com

My 2025 Q2 Highlights: Favorite Books, Games, and TV Shows
Jul 1, 2025 | mertbulan.com | games, tv-shows, books

The earliest surviving Tom’s Hardware Guide article
Jul 1, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

Top picks — 2025 June
Jul 1, 2025 | pawelgrzybek.com

Bookaroo Sticky Tabs Review
Jun 30, 2025 | rknight.me

An Analysis of Links From The White House’s “Wire” Website
Jun 30, 2025 | blog.jim-nielsen.com

Apricot Computers: An underrated British brand
Jun 30, 2025 | dfarq.homeip.net | Retro Computing

Budgeting 101: How to Save More to Enjoy More
Jun 30, 2025 | mertbulan.com | budgeting

Song recommendations from Haskell combinators
Jun 30, 2025 | blog.ploeh.dk

I wrote a wiki!
Jun 29, 2025 | usebox.net | WWW

Restoring a ZX Spectrum+ Toastrack
Jun 28, 2025 | celso.io

How Many Mildliner Colours Are There Now?
Jun 27, 2025 | rknight.me

Why I don't ride the AI Hype Train
Jun 26, 2025 | mertbulan.com | tech

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