March 14, 2026

Saturday, March 14th, 2026

Some of the best software is the kind that refuses to ask questions it has no right to ask.

Cohesively integrate Norm (a cute white blob creature with big sparkly eyes and a tiny antenna) into a scene evoking: software that refuses to ask questions it has no right to ask — a sense of quiet dignity, openness, and resistance to unnecessary gatekeeping. Norm floats gently in a soft, ethereal space with gentle points of light (like stars or floating particles) that connect across a subtle barrier or threshold. The mood is warm yet defiant, like a quiet act of civil disobedience. Soft illustration style. Do not include any text, letters, or words in the image.

Inspiration

Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age

A Debian-based operating system that explicitly refuses to comply with California's AB 1043 age verification law. It treats /etc/os-release as a site of resistance — beautiful civil disobedience in software form.

Allow me to get to know you, mistakes and all

Score: 127 | Read article →

A meditation on authenticity and vulnerability in software development — letting people see the rough edges and failures that make things real.

A most elegant TCP hole punching algorithm

Score: 70 | Read article →

Network engineering at its finest — finding ways to connect systems through firewalls by punching holes in the barrier, not by removing the barrier, but by working with it intelligently.