Unsung

Software craft and qualityPosts by Marcin Wichary

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  • popular 14
  • review 9
  • movie review 2
  • book review 7
  • humor 12
  • conference talk 5
  • podcast 5
  • youtube 86
  • book 10
  • case study 4

    • Unsung themes

  • unsung heroes 1
  • tips 2
  • got your back 6
  • windows does it better 2
  • sins of our finders 5
  • about unsung 5

    • The good, the bad, and the ugly

  • above and beyond 19
  • bugs 49
  • bug deep dives 13
  • easter eggs 6
  • enshittification 11
  • hacks 9
  • third party fixes 6

    • Design areas

  • interface design 92
  • typography 27
  • iconography 13
  • colors 8
  • writing 13
  • localization 6
  • motion design 8
  • sound design 7
  • flow 42
  • ergonomics 4
  • skeuomorphism 6
  • direct manipulation 3
  • preview 6
  • loading states 6
  • errors 8

    • Features

  • dark mode 4
  • onboarding 8
  • release notes 4
  • search 5
  • undo 7

    • Modalities

  • keyboard 36
  • mouse 11
  • touch 16
  • text editing 10
  • command line 4
  • internal ui 3
  • hardware 13
  • real world 28

    • Design aspects

  • art 6
  • attention 9
  • change management 8
  • complexity 14
  • craft 11
  • culture 7
  • details 58
  • maintenance 18
  • process 12
  • research 3
  • storytelling 6
  • toolmaking 6

    • Theory

  • definitions 20
  • principles 16

    • Software aspects

  • ai 9
  • coding 6
  • encoding 3
  • frontend 4
  • graphics 15
  • performance 8
  • piracy 4
  • security 7
  • software evolution 20

    • History

  • emulation 5
  • history 45
  • museum 3
  • software eulogies 2

    • Games

  • games 54
  • speedrunning 5

    • Platforms

  • android 3
  • mac os 31
  • ios 13
  • next 3
  • web 21
  • windows 9

    • Apps

  • bear 7
  • finder 13
  • raycast 4
  • super mario bros 7

    • People

  • marcin wichary 5
  • david jonathan ross 4
  • nick heer 5
  • nikita prokopov 5
  • good people to follow 1

    • Companies

  • adobe 5
  • apple 37
  • google 16