Why does plain text fits the bill when it comes to backing up information for long-term? The answer lies in its format: it does well as source, and asn end-product in data.

This article seeks to answer the question of whether it is possible to do math using plain text, and without the use of a mouse.

Perhaps nowhere is the impact of Rust felt more than in sysadmin: its speed and expressiveness means that some old tools are being modernized. Whether this is good of bad depends on the user’s perspective.

Dotfiles make it possible to backup your customizations without necessarily starting all over: find the true joy of working with these powerful files

It was the ini file that started my journey as a textsmith: understanding how these text files, rather than the registry, can change the application behavior made me appreciate the beauty of simple configurations.