Posted on Friday 3 Jul 2026. 725 words, 2 links. By Matt Webb.
An appreciation for (technical) architecture
Posted on Saturday 28 Mar 2026. 995 words, 14 links. By Matt Webb.
Re:filtered #24: A craft that outlasts an industry
A year-end reflection on building.
Every webpage deserves to be a place
Posted on Thursday 5 Sep 2024. 1,133 words, 5 links. By Matt Webb.
Let’s invent new interfaces, not new products
Posted on Thursday 25 Feb 2021. 507 words, 2 links. By Matt Webb.
An untitled post from Mar 2011
Posted on Thursday 17 Mar 2011. 1,130 words, 10 links. By Matt Webb.
Dark Factories: Rise of the Trycycle – Dan Shapiro's Blog
Companies are now producing Dark Factories – engines that turn specs into shipping software. The implementations can be complex and sometimes involve Mad Max metaphors. But they don’t have to be like…
The 2026 Makery map of summer camps in Europe (and beyond)
Makery is compiling a list of camps as natural as DiY, aimed at makers, hackers, bioartists, architects and other curious people. Follow the guide !
The Machine in the Garden
Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden, The New England Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1, Mar., 1956
Where Does All the Cardboard Come From? I Had to Know. (Published 2022)
Entire forests and enormous factories running 24/7 can barely keep up with demand. This is how the cardboard economy works.
The Post-Productive Economy
[Translations: Japanese] Take a look at these farm houses which I saw under construction in remote areas of Yunnan province China. They were not unusual; farmsteads this size were everywhere in rural China. Note the scale of these massive buildings. Each … Continue reading →
(Re)building Roomy in 6 months - meri's missives
A recap on my engineering and design process
No apps no masters
Posted on Friday 9 Aug 2024. 1,415 words, 11 links. By Matt Webb.
