Quick reads and curated links from around the web.
Dave Winer will be speaking at WordCamp Canada in Ottawa in October. I still have a lot of friends in the wider Wordpress community and hope that a lot of you make it out to WordCamp and have an excellent time.
Read moreIf you’ve ever felt like the Rust compiler is a bit too slow for comfort, you’re not alone. Compiler performance is a known issue in the Rust ecosystem, and the Rust team is actively working to improve it. They've launched the 2025 Rust Compiler Performance Survey to gather feedback from developers like you. The survey is short, anonymous, and a great way to influence future improvements.
Read moreThis article by Nolan Lawson asks whether moral and ethical arguments in favour of accessibility are working. Since data seems to indicate that they are not, Lawson makes some selfish arguments in favour of building more accessible user interfaces.
Read moreGreg Hluska wrote an update on his latest project and his curious decision to rewrite it in Tauri in the middle of it's beta test!
Read moreExploring Alan Prendergast’s article on the tragic death of Pete Absolon and the bonds climbers share.
Read moreA reflection on Richard MacManus’s article about the key figures who defined web design’s early days.
Read moreA reflection on Eurovision through the eyes of someone who grew up in a country that no longer exists.
Read moreA personal reflection on wildfires in Flin Flon and the help arriving from the U.S.
Read moreA reflection on Paul Graham’s essay about writing and its impact on clarity and truth.
Read moreRoss Andersen profiles Adam Riess and his challenge to one of cosmology’s biggest assumptions.
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