Technology
The Decade We Forgot: How We Traded Depth for Scale
The Decade We Forgot There was a moment somewhere between 1988 and 1998 when computing stopped feeling alive. We did not notice it at first. The screens grew sharper, the CPUs faster, the GUIs prettier. But something subtle and essential faded: the idea that a computer was knowable.
Lost Wonders of Computing
Lost Wonders of Computing When I look back at the languages and systems of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, I don’t just see “old tech”. I see entire worlds of thought, ideas that modern computing quietly abandoned.