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Slate Auto announces a bare-bones electric pickup truck with a focus on privacy: no embedded modem, no tracking, and a smartphone app that only connects locally. The company commits to not selling user data and collecting only what directly improves the ownership experience.
A personal blog post describing how to convert an old laptop into a dedicated writerdeck using a tty-based Debian setup to eliminate distractions and focus on writing.
A manifesto advocating for small, efficient software that fits within 1.44 MB, the size of a floppy disk, emphasizing speed, minimalism, and respect for devices.
The author reflects on the concept of 'ascetic computing'—a personal philosophy of doing without unnecessary distractions, resisting shiny obsessions, and focusing on simplicity and purpose in computing. The essay explores principles like fearlessness in missing out and resisting the endless pursuit of new things.
A discussion on lobste.rs where tech workers share their practices of tech minimalism, such as avoiding smart home devices, using pen and paper, and writing custom software.
This article explores the revival of the KDE Oxygen theme as part of a broader anti-minimalist backlash and nostalgia trend in software design, drawing parallels to architectural preferences.
Joshua Blais shares how he replaced mainstream browsers with Emacs’ built-in EWW for 85-90 % of daily web use, citing fewer distractions and higher signal-to-noise ratio.