Jan-Lukas Else

Nov 28, 2020, 9:01 AM -05:00

“Stupid light software”

Martin Tournoij wrote about “stupid light software”. When you try to be a bit too minimalistic with your software, it’s probably “stupid light software”.There’s also the concept of stupid light: when you save weight to the point of stupidity. You won’t be comfortable, you’ll miss stuff you need, your equipment will be too fragile and break.With software I most often go from “heavy” to “light”. First, I try to realize the features I need and then I try to optimize where possible. First, I will...

The Organic Web

If we lived close to nature in an agricultural society, the seasons as metaphor and fact would continually frame our lives. But the master metaphor for our era does not come from agriculture—it comes from manufacturing. We do not believe that we “grow” our lives—we believe that we “make” them. Just listen to how we use the word in everyday speech: we make time, make friends, make meaning, make money, make a living, make love. — Parker Palmer, “Let Your Life Speak” (97) You know what else we...