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Adactio
19 Jul 21:45

Beautiful Public Data

beautifulpublicdata.com/

A curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies.

This site must’ve started as a way of showcasing really interesting collections, but now it’s turning into an archive of what’s being systematically destroyed by the current US regime.

adactio.com/links/22029

Adactio
19 Jul 09:18

I’m more proud of these 128 kilobytes than anything I’ve built since | by Mike Hall | Jul, 2025 | Medium

medium.com/@mikehall314/im-more-proud-of-these-128-kilobytes-than-anything-i-ve-built-since-53706cfbdc18

I don’t normally link to articles on Medium—I respect you too much—and I do wish this were written on Mike Hall’s own site, but this is just too good not to share. And don’t dismiss this as a nostalgiac case study from the past: At no point did the constraints make the ...

Adactio
19 Jul 09:18

Vibe coding and Robocop

remysharp.com/2025/07/18/vibe-coding-and-robocop

The short version of what I want to say is: vibe coding seems to live very squarely in the land of prototypes and toys. Promoting software that’s been built entirely using this method would be akin to sending a hacked weekend prototype to production and expecting it to be stable.

Remy is taking a very sensible approach here:

I’ve used it myself to solve really bespoke problems where the user count is one.

Would I put this out to production: absolutely not.

adactio.com/links/22028

Adactio
18 Jul 17:36

Gleann Cholm Cille

I had never been to Donegal before my trip to Glencolmcille to spend a week there learning Irish. I had heard it’s beautiful there. But pictures don’t really do it justice. When our bus was winding its way down into the valley, it looked breathtaking, laid out before us lik...

Adactio
18 Jul 10:18

CSS Intelligence: Speculating On The Future Of A Smarter Language — Smashing Magazine

smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/css-intelligence-speculating-future-smarter-language/

This is a really thougtful look at the evolution of CSS and the ever-present need to balance power with learnability.

adactio.com/links/22024

Adactio
18 Jul 10:18

Reading Haven by Emma Donoghue.

Adactio
18 Jul 09:21

Frame of preference – Aresluna

aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/

Marcin has outdone himself this time. Not only has he created an exhaustive history of the settings controls in Apple interfaces, he’s gone and made them all interactive!

While it’s easy to be blown away by the detail of the interactive elements here, it’s also worth taking a moment to appreciate just how good the writing is too.

Bravo!

adactio.com/links/22023

Adactio
17 Jul 17:21

adactio.com/links/22019

Adactio
15 Jul 12:06

(optional.is) Latency and the Sea

optional.is/required/2025/07/03/latency-and-the-sea/

Brian’s excellent comparison of network latency and the nervous system of animals:

If an earthquake occurs in California USA, halfway around the globe someone can find out faster than a blue whale detects something has touched its tail.

adactio.com/links/22020

Adactio
14 Jul 21:09