software

a16z's Josh Elman says that children who grew up on Roblox and Minecraft will expect to be able to remix and control all the software they use, a trend that will influence future product design.

Recommends Asspp as a god-tier iOS software.

DisplayMate is a display calibration and testing tool used for evaluating screen quality.

A comprehensive free online guide covering hardware and software for running LLMs locally is now available, detailing setups from laptops to clusters.

Simon Willison highlights Brent Simmons' retirement project: making NetNewsWire, an open-source RSS reader, exceptionally good without commercial pressure.

A researcher steps outside their Stanford/Google/Waymo bubble and observes that most of the economy cannot be automated by software or AI alone, highlighting the need for a new flexible approach.

A personal account of overcoming addiction, incarceration, and a felony record to rebuild life through software development and open source contributions.

A follow-up post showcasing various examples of 'molly guards'—physical and software design elements that prevent accidental button presses or actions—ranging from IBM typewriters to Chrome's quit dialog.

Compliance is becoming the next super track: Over the past 20 years, the second fastest-growing profession in the US is compliance officer, with 400,000 practitioners and $40 billion in annual salary expenditure, but no real software giant has captured the market.

Garry Tan argues that we are entering a golden age for just-in-time software development, implying a shift towards more efficient and responsive software creation.

Macro, a unified work system integrating email, messaging, tasks, docs, calls, files, and CRM, has been released as fully open source.

The author discusses how AI agents may serve as a new abstraction layer over existing software, shifting user interaction from navigating UIs to describing outcomes, reducing friction in converting intent into executable tasks.

A comprehensive free guide and resource for setting up local AI, covering hardware foundations, software stacks, and model mechanics, promoted via a Twitter thread.

Introduces a free and open-source screen recording software Recordly, based on openscreen secondary development, implements most features of Screen Studio, smooth experience, suitable for ordinary software testing and product promotion.

Sinalytica lets users experience Lovable on Windows 98, providing a nostalgic trip back to 1998.

Charlie Marsh (creator of Ruff) rhetorically asks if it's allowed to make things hundreds of times faster, likely referencing a major optimization in a software development tool.

A comprehensive guide to keyboard customization, covering hardware like macro pads and software approaches to enhance productivity and enjoyment, aimed at enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

Brace Sproul shares a post about Engine, a complex production agent system, encouraging others to read about how it was built.

Anthropic CEO points out that software will become extremely cheap or even free, but also warns that some professions may completely disappear, emphasizing that many have yet to realize the scale of this change.

BREX has released the list of the top 25 fastest-growing software vendors in spring 2026.