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Why We Can't Have Nice Software - Andrew Kelley
The problem with software is that it's too powerful. It creates so much wealth so fast that it's virtually impossible to not distribute it.
“They had no concept of a duty of care to their users.” – Unsung
A blog about software craft and quality

The Tyranny of the Marginal User
why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time

Software Freedom in a Post Open Source World
(Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Software Freedom)

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Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can reshape with minimal friction to suit their unique needs.


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Where Did Software Go Wrong? | Jesse Li
Software is broken, but it's not because of NPM, startups, AI, or venture capitalists. A deep dive into how we think about and produce code, and how our software systems reflect the manic state of the modern world.

Software Bonkers
I’m software bonkers: I can’t stop thinking about software. And I can’t stop building software.


Open Source Is Eating The Software World
It's been said software is eating the world. This year’s Future of Open Source survey points to the fact that open source is eating the software world.
