Lobster Roll

All Programming (General) 8177 Systems / Low-Level / OS 6631 Programming Languages / CS Theory 4253 Data / Databases / Infrastructure 3847 Web Development 2761 AI / Machine Learning 2325 Security / Privacy 2166 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading 2105 Productivity / Career / Business 1501 Maker / DIY / Hardware 1281 Gaming / Retro Computing 995 Design / UX / Visualization 915 Science / Math / Physics 837 Apple / macOS / iOS 697 Internet / Digital Culture 332 Health / Fitness / Lifestyle 24 Crypto / Blockchain 10

Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading

Literate Tracing (arxiv.org)
12 pts 2 comments by asb Oct 14, 2025 educationpdf Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
The Peach meme: On CRTs, pixels and signal quality (again) (datagubbe.se)
48 pts 1 comments by m_eiman Oct 13, 2025 artretrocomputing Gaming / Retro ComputingCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Free Software hasn't won (dorotac.eu)
60 pts 11 comments by UkiahSmith Oct 13, 2025 lawphilosophy Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
The reason GCC is not a library (2000) (gcc.gnu.org)
38 pts 35 comments by RaphGL Oct 12, 2025 compilers Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Sharp Bilinear Filters: Big Clean Pixels for Pixel Art (bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com)
18 pts 0 comments by asb Oct 12, 2025 graphics Gaming / Retro ComputingCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Let's Take Esoteric Programming Languages Seriously (arxiv.org)
7 pts 1 comments by veqq Oct 11, 2025 cultureplt Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Dijkstra on the foolishness of natural language programming (1978) (cs.utexas.edu)
52 pts 25 comments by facundoolano Oct 11, 2025 historicalplt Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Beyond the AI Hype: Guido van Rossum on Python’s Philosophy, Simplicity, and the Future of Programming (odbms.org)
23 pts 3 comments by kngl Oct 10, 2025 personpythonvibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
What are you reading this week?
15 pts 24 comments by vlnn Oct 10, 2025 askbookculture Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Lobsters Interview with Zdsmith
42 pts 11 comments by veqq Oct 10, 2025 interviewperson Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
magnolia: Interactive shell navigation and history (codeberg.org)
9 pts 7 comments by miro Oct 9, 2025 a11ydatabaseslinuxrust Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / InfrastructureDesign / UX / VisualizationCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Code is Never Neutral: Why All Software is Political (youtube.com)
20 pts 52 comments by FedericoSchonborn Oct 9, 2025 culturevideo Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
How I Learned to Code (using Japanese Method) (blog.stackademic.com)
4 pts 2 comments by mysticmode Oct 9, 2025 philosophypracticesprogramming Programming (General)Productivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Oral History of Ken Thompson (youtube.com)
22 pts 4 comments by henrytill Oct 8, 2025 historicalunixvideo Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Dewaffling the tech industry (deadsimpletech.com)
33 pts 22 comments by David_Gerard Oct 8, 2025 culturerant Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome language models (biorxiv.org)
3 pts 0 comments by jmillikin Oct 8, 2025 sciencevibecoding AI / Machine LearningDesign / UX / VisualizationScience / Math / PhysicsCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
The evolution of Lua, continued (lua.org)
49 pts 8 comments by fanf Oct 7, 2025 historicalluapdf Programming (General)Science / Math / PhysicsCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
The QNX Operating System (abortretry.fail)
52 pts 9 comments by asymmetric Oct 6, 2025 historicalosdev Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
valuetier.org (and some thoughts on LLMs) (ericphanson.com)
6 pts 0 comments by eph Oct 5, 2025 philosophyvibecoding AI / Machine LearningCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Exit the Feed: The Best Coders Should Walk Away (abner.page)
83 pts 51 comments by abnercoimbre Oct 5, 2025 culturephilosophy Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Wherever you get your Podcasts (knotbin.leaflet.pub)
18 pts 9 comments by diktomat Oct 5, 2025 culture Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading
The Paperweight Dilemma (2023) (blog.mobian.org)
5 pts 0 comments by alexandria Oct 5, 2025 culturehardwarelinux Systems / Low-Level / OSMaker / DIY / HardwareCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Stone Tools: Exploring retro productivity software from the 8/16-bit era (stonetools.ghost.io)
8 pts 0 comments by lorddimwit Oct 4, 2025 historicalretrocomputing Programming (General)Gaming / Retro ComputingProductivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Supply Chain Risks in Late 2025 (buttondown.com)
1 pts 0 comments by FedericoSchonborn Oct 4, 2025 culturesecurity Security / PrivacyCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Game Development: History, Industry, and Engine Design (spiiin.github.io)
5 pts 0 comments by spiiin Oct 4, 2025 gameshistorical Design / UX / VisualizationGaming / Retro ComputingCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Thunderscan: A clever device transforms a printer into a scanner (folklore.org)
13 pts 1 comments by dtgriscom Oct 4, 2025 hardwarehistoricalmac Apple / macOS / iOSMaker / DIY / HardwareCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
The Many Functions of Functor (2014) (pinealservo.com)
4 pts 1 comments by hwayne Oct 4, 2025 historicalmath Science / Math / PhysicsCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Ghosts of Unix Past: a historical search for design patterns (2010) (lwn.net)
8 pts 1 comments by gnyeki Oct 3, 2025 historicalunix Systems / Low-Level / OSDesign / UX / VisualizationCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
A neural network written completely in jq (2017) (github.com)
18 pts 0 comments by gnyeki Oct 2, 2025 art AI / Machine LearningCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading
Wombat’s Book of Nix (mhwombat.codeberg.page)
42 pts 3 comments by nemin Oct 2, 2025 booknix Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading