Interesting links from around the web

March 2026 Random links I find worthy of sharing. Regularly updated. Hope you find something cool!

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Featured blog

  • Cory Doctorow - Updated almost daily with interesting links and his work.

One time reads

  • How Complex Systems Fail - A concise, 18-point treatise by Dr. Cook analyzing the inherent hazards of complex systems (such as transportation) and challenging traditional views on causality and human error.
  • A Plea for Lean Software - Niklaus Wirth's famous paper from 1995.
  • Reflections on trusting trust - Ken Thompson, co-author of UNIX, recounted a story of how he created a version of the C compiler that, when presented with the source code for the "login" program, would automatically compile in a backdoor to allow him entry to the system...
  • Seven Habits of effective text editing - From the primary author of Vim, this paper presents guidelines and hints for doing your work more quickly and with fewer mistakes.

Miscellaneous

Music

  • myNoise - A highly versatile and customizable background sound generator. Been around for ages.