Susan Lammers·Oct 1“If you can’t explain a program to yourself, the chance of the computer getting it right is pretty…That skill is more important than ever. Back in 1985, when I interviewed Bob Frankston for the book Programmers at Work, he had just…
Helge Skrivervik·Sep 28Reviving Venix/86: The ProjectA crazy idea, a series of failures, newfound understanding — and a suprising success.
Helge Skrivervik·Sep 7Vintage Computing: Dissecting Venix/86A forgotten hero from the early 1980s, Venix/86 has an interesting history. And possibly even a future.
Tony Gillett·Jun 20I Asked Claude Code to Decode the Same Old Tape - And It WorkedThree years ago I spent a few weekends recovering a BASIC program I’d written at twelve, off a forty-year-old tape. I wrote it up here at…
Drew Smith·May 21Remembering Our Unsung Heroes this Memorial DayMemorial Day weekend is one of my favorite times of the year. Not only is it the end of the school year, but it’s also graduation season…A response icon1A response icon1
Matthew Arnold Stern·May 5Commodore and communityAn interesting thing happened at the Commodore LA Super Show last month in Burbank. I went to the show with three main objectives. Of…
Stephen Hui·Nov 19, 2025Memoirs of a Web Developer, Part 3: What Is This “E-Commerce” You Speak Of?In case you missed it, here are Part 1 and Part 2.
Stephen Hui·Nov 17, 2025Memoirs of a Web Developer, Part 2: And Then There Was PerlIn case you missed it, here is Part 1.
Assembly Line·Nov 16, 2025David vs. Goliath: The 1980s CPU Battle Between NEC and IntelHow a Japanese manufacturer took Intel’s 8086 & 8088, made them better, and sparked a legal war that would define an industry. (Part 1)
Stephen Hui·Nov 15, 2025Memoirs of a Web Developer, Part 1: In the Beginning Was HTMLIt was the fall semester of 1997. I was at university studying computer science. At the time, the World Wide Web wasn’t even a decade old…
