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Five Links #94

April 23, 2026

1. Train Jazz Not to be confused with Trane (as in Coltrane), this is a musical representation of real subway trains. 2. If you thought the speed of writing...

Five Links #93

April 15, 2026

1. What’s your attention worth This site roughly calculates what advertisers have spent tracking and targeting you with ads. 2. WCAG3 Contrast as of April...

Five Links #92

April 9, 2026

1. Am I a Tech Bro? Find out by answering these 18 questions. 2. VSCodium This community-driven Free/Libre Open Source version of VSCode is free from the...

Five Links #91

April 2, 2026

1. Making Software A wonderful project, explaining how technology works with brilliant diagrams. 2. Don’t post project briefs on LinkedIn Within 24 hours of...

Five Links #90

March 26, 2026

1. The shape of friction That conversation can be slow, yes. It can feel cumbersome, inconvenient, and inefficient. It’s the kind of conversation a well-...

Five Links #89

March 19, 2026

1. European Tech Map European alternatives to US providers across a wide range of software categories. 2. 100 jumps Another fun little internet game. 3....

Five Links #88

March 12, 2026

1. A day in the life of an Ensh*ttificator Amusing video from the Norwegian Consumer Council (you might want to watch with headphones). 2. Practical Hugo...

Five Links #87

March 5, 2026

1. Have we forgotten how to design? Firstly, the move-fast-and-break-things world prioritizes not just the concept of shipping things in imperfect states,...

Five Links #86

February 26, 2026

1. Continvoucly Morged Value But all this also means that humans are turned into mere correction engines. We apply our experience not to shape ideas from...

Five Links #85

February 19, 2026

1. delphitools A great collection of tools that don’t require registration/login. 2. Is AI the Paperclip? The result, Bostrom wrote, is “a superintelligence...

Five Links #84

February 12, 2026

1. iPod Sock icons Absolutely glorious hard drive icons for macOS. 2. Times New Resistance A new entrant to the catalogue of disruptive typefaces. It’s Times...

Five Links #83

February 5, 2026

1. Actua11y Accessibility testing with real people at reasonable prices. 2. Notchie Use your Mac’s notch as a teleprompter. 3. The Authoritarian Stack Under...

Five Links #82

January 29, 2026

1. Just the Browser Configuration files for Chrome, Firefox and Edge to “remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product...

Five Links #81

January 22, 2026

1. Making a great Readme A great README can be the difference between someone moving on or choosing to engage with your project. When developers land on your...

Five Links #80

January 15, 2026

1. How to use Pooh case It’s easy to confuse Pooh case with Title Case. For example: “Hundred Acre Wood” is clearly written in Title Case. But “My spelling...

Five Links #79

January 8, 2026

1. I work for an evil company, but outside work, I’m actually a really good person Does the leadership at my company promote a xenophobic agenda and use the...

Five Links #78

December 18, 2025

Hi folks, This is the last newsletter of the year, resuming on 8 January – no-one wants a newsletters on 25 December or 1 January, right? Thanks for sticking...

Five Links #77

December 11, 2025

1. The f*** off contact page …when I see a button that says ‘talk to our sales team’, I treat the entire region of the page with the same trepidation as...

Five Links #76

December 4, 2025

1. Fluck A website builder for artists, designers and creatives, arriving in 2026: We reject everything Big Tech represents: black boxes, invasive...

Five Links #75

November 27, 2025

1. Merlin's Wisdom Project Good advice helps you find the solution to your problem. Great advice helps you find you were solving the wrong problem. 2. We...