Master PDF Editor for Linux
"The best solution for working with PDF files in Linux." but it's seventy dollars?!
On AI Deployment: AI supply chains (and why they matter)
the claim here is that AI systems are 'different,' but it just looks like regular ol' 'building your software on other people's APIs' to me. except the APIs are garbage and they don't work
Community servers - Monoskop
tremendous resource from monoskop: wiki page dedicated to "interdependent, feminist, trans*feminist, free/libre, self-hosted, autonomous, collective, community and art servers"
Chorus: The Modern Media Stack
"I was happy to see that on its way out the door the editorial folks managed to write and publish an 'oral history' of Buzzfeed News. I guess I had been out of the game just long enough to be surprised, and a little hurt, when I realized the story was being told entirely from the editorial perspective. It's a perspective I value, but I can't help but feel a little bit sad that a product came and went... and I still have no idea who was involved in making that, what difficulties they had, what successes they celebrated."
The Varnish Moral License — PHKs Bikeshed
"The way it works is very simple: Happy varnish users tell me that they want a Varnish Moral License; I send them an invoice from my company; They pay the invoice; I develop Varnish"
keynote-parser · PyPI
for my macos exit strategy
Principles of Green Software Engineering • Principles of Green Software Engineering
"Green Software Engineering is an emerging discipline at the intersection of climate science, software practices and architecture, electricity markets, hardware and data center design."
"Open Source" is Broken - Xe
Bespoke Synth
ooh this looks cool
Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? - by Gordon Brander - Subconscious
"The basis of performance shifted from small binaries to smooth interaction. [...] Navigation shifted from keyboard to springboard. [...] Log-in disappeared completely. [...] Discovery shifted from search to app store. [...] Engagement shifted from links to icons. [...] Business models expanded to IAP, subscriptions, and app purchase. [...] Security shifted from sandbox to app review...."
Hosted Alternatives To Proprietary Monopolistic Services
Gemini Gateway
"Gemini is a new internet protocol which: Is heavier than gopher; Is lighter than the web; Will not replace either; Strives for maximum power to weight ratio; Takes user privacy very seriously"
Ethical Source | The Ethical Source Definition (ESD)
Fraidycat
"Fraidycat is a desktop app or browser extension for Firefox or Chrome. I use it to follow people (hundreds) on whatever platform they choose - Twitter, a blog, YouTube, even on a public TiddlyWiki."
VIRT-EU
"a series of tools to support creators of new connected technology to reflect on their product’s ethical and social impacts."