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Desktop is Dead
· 4608 words · 22 minutesThe desktop metaphor, first in the Xerox Alto and then the Macintosh, is now 52 years old. It was a good solution to the problem of making non-technical knowledge workers use the computer effectively. But the real fact is that the desktop metaphor has died, and it is limiting computers.
149 Byte Hello World, and How You Can Make Your Rust Project Smaller
· 1409 words · 7 minutesI’ve been size coding some Rust, trying to make the smallest possible “Hello World!” program. After a few days of tinkering, I’ve managed to squeeze it down and make a mere 149 Byte Hello World!, (probably) the smallest 64bit one out there in Rust. I got bored of just printing so I also made a 540 byte brainfuck interpreter.