The Craft Of Software · Issue 03 · Review
The Invisible Mac
Six small Mac utilities that quietly handle everyday annoyances, become part of your habits, and make your personal computer feel more like yours.
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The Craft Of Software · Issue 03 · Review
Six small Mac utilities that quietly handle everyday annoyances, become part of your habits, and make your personal computer feel more like yours.
By Philip · 7 min read
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Six small Mac utilities that quietly handle everyday annoyances, become part of your habits, and make your personal computer feel more like yours.
Curiosity in Practice • Issue 03
We haven’t solved boredom. We’ve simply eliminated the moments when it could occur; and perhaps something else with them.
The Art of Taste • Issue 02
Bitterness isn't a flaw in our taste buds, it's a warning system we've learned to override for pleasure. On the biology of poison detection, why sweetness feels shallow by comparison, and how a flavour we're built to reject becomes one we can't live without.
Making things nobody asked for might be one of the most human things we do. On creativity without permission, the strange economics of useless things, and why not everything we make needs a reason to exist.
Trying to make something yourself changes the way you experience it. On struggle, attention, and how learning a craft teaches us to appreciate the work behind what we love.
A route may look like a simple blue line, but underneath it lies a graph. On Dijkstra’s algorithm and the invisible infrastructure behind finding our way.
Thinking Computationally • Issue 02
A look at how the humble 404 page evolved from a technical error into one of the web's most recognisable design conventions.
A journey through tea’s history, culture, and rituals, and what they can teach us about slowing down, paying attention, and making time feel meaningful.
Nobody ranks it, nobody inserts engagement bait, nobody decides what deserves your attention. RSS gave me back a front page that's actually mine.
The Shortlist · Three for…
Three apps that help you to curate your digital life.
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A state-of-the-art terminal emulator combining exceptional performance, native design, and extensive functionality without compromise.
A blazing-fast, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator built for power users, offering extensive customization, advanced window management, and powerful scripting capabilities.
A MacBook connected to a monitor can spend most of its life plugged in. AlDente lets you decide how much charge it should hold while it sits there. Set a battery percentage, and charging stops at that limit. The free version covers this central task, while Pro adds temperature protection, charging ranges and battery statistics. A small utility for looking after the hardware you already own.
Caps Lock takes up a generous amount of keyboard space for something many of us rarely use. Hyperkey gives it another purpose. It turns the key into Command, Control, Option and Shift pressed together, opening up room for your own shortcuts. A small, free macOS utility by Ryan Hanson that makes an existing key more useful.
