Unsung

Software craft and qualityPosts by Marcin Wichary

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  • popular 14
  • review 9
  • movie review 2
  • book review 7
  • humor 13
  • conference talk 7
  • podcast 6
  • youtube 98
  • book 10
  • case study 4

    • Unsung themes

  • unsung heroes 2
  • 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 24
  • bugs 53
  • bug deep dives 13
  • easter eggs 6
  • enshittification 13
  • hacks 9
  • third party fixes 7

    • Design areas

  • interface design 96
  • typography 29
  • iconography 15
  • colors 8
  • writing 14
  • localization 7
  • motion design 10
  • sound design 7
  • direct manipulation 3
  • ergonomics 5
  • errors 12
  • flow 49
  • loading states 7
  • skeuomorphism 6
  • system design 6

    • Features

  • copy paste 4
  • dark mode 5
  • onboarding 11
  • preview 7
  • release notes 5
  • search 5
  • selection 6
  • settings 3
  • undo 9

    • Modalities

  • keyboard 43
  • mouse 11
  • touch 20
  • text editing 13
  • command line 4
  • internal ui 2
  • hardware 14
  • real world 31

    • Design aspects

  • art 7
  • attention 15
  • change management 12
  • complexity 25
  • craft 21
  • culture 9
  • details 60
  • maintenance 21
  • qa testing 2
  • process 14
  • research 3
  • storytelling 6
  • toolmaking 8

    • Theory

  • definitions 21
  • principles 15

    • Software aspects

  • ai 13
  • coding 8
  • encoding 6
  • frontend 4
  • graphics 17
  • performance 9
  • piracy 3
  • security 9
  • software evolution 25

    • History

  • emulation 5
  • history 49
  • museum 3
  • software eulogies 4

    • Games

  • games 60
  • speedrunning 5

    • Platforms

  • android 3
  • mac os 33
  • ios 14
  • next 3
  • web 23
  • windows 10

    • Apps

  • bear 8
  • finder 13
  • raycast 3
  • super mario bros 6

    • People

  • marcin wichary 9
  • david jonathan ross 4
  • nick heer 6
  • nikita prokopov 6
  • good people to follow 1

    • Companies

  • adobe 5
  • apple 44
  • google 18