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How can people write big systems in general?<p>We do, but as you say, they're often debugged into existence rather than cleanly designed into existence.
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Seeing stuff like this reminds me why I got into computers in the late 90s. Human ingenuity paired with love for the art and the craft.<p>Good to have a reminder that it’s software engineering that has changed, not me.
This reminds me that I have a stack of 2600 magazines in the garage somewhere. I need to revisit them...
A small window to how we used to spread deep computer topics in the 90s. No substacks or X posts. Very cool.
The mixtape is great. Not sure what genre this would be considered but it's very interesting<p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/blotter1/blotter_tmp0ut_2026" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/blotter1/blotter_tmp0ut_2026</a>
Direct link, no tracking: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/blotter1/blotter_tmp0ut_2026/" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/blotter1/blotter_tmp0ut_2026/</a>
I'm sure someone has a more precise idea on what it's called, but I would lean towards minimal DnB.
Good interview with McIlroy. Fix this:
Goldstine, as in the citations, not Goldstein, as in the body text.<p>Also, the text mentions CDC 1620. I don't think this existed. Either it was IBM 1620 or CDC something else.<p>I'd be just as happy with clear readable type, but the content is the thing.
Is the zero instead of capital O in the title intentional?
<a href="https://tmpout.sh/5/1.html" rel="nofollow">https://tmpout.sh/5/1.html</a><p>> Welcome to tmp.0ut Volume 5!<p>They are kinda inconsistent about it, looking at the social media handles, ascii logos, etc.
Wow, it's been a while since anyone published anything this interesting.
This one was good:<p><i>Interview: Doug McIlroy</i>: <a href="https://tmpout.sh/5/2.html" rel="nofollow">https://tmpout.sh/5/2.html</a>
really missed an opportunity to make this available via SSH shell or renderable in lynx.
Very nice aesthetics.
- i like visual<p>- can we get a whole magazine that explains ideas like this? <a href="https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/" rel="nofollow">https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/</a>
wow, actual hackers
I miss the ezines scene!
Love the aesthetic. There was another ezine like this years ago focused on cybersecurity, I’ve forgotten its name now but the ASCII art involved was top notch.<p>Does anyone have any idea? It was definitely when Twitter was still Twitter as I remember reaching out to them about their ASCII art.
Maybe you're thinking of Phrack [1]?
I wonder if there'll be another edition of it, and if yes what it would look like, now that the AIpocalypse seems to have reached security research...<p>[1]: <a href="https://phrack.org" rel="nofollow">https://phrack.org</a>
Darnet Diaries'episode about the legendary phrack<p><a href="https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/170/" rel="nofollow">https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/170/</a>
there will be a new Phrack this year still!
Not Phrack but I did find it, ThugCrowd [1]!<p>[1]: <a href="https://thugcrowd.com/archive.html" rel="nofollow">https://thugcrowd.com/archive.html</a><p>Edit to add, apparently one of the ThugCrowd people is part of tmp.0ut so that would explain why my mind immediately went there.
This is gorgeous; supremely impressive.
The interview with Doug McIlroy is incredible. It's almost worth a link all on its own.
Very cool and BBS/hacking style. BUT almost useless on mobile :(<p>I prefer to use a PC but that kind of articles are perfect to read when commuting.<p>You could just use <br> instead of fixed length words per line.
Agreed. Though apparently you're being downvoted for a legitimate issue. I'm laying down using my phone and it's not particularly enjoyable to read.<p>It's 2026 - the site can <i>look</i> like an old-skool zine being displayed with monospace fonts on a computer monitor and <i>easily</i> still have alternate formats for mobile devices. Not having it is just pure laziness.<p>I wouldn't mind if Reader Mode could deal with the text, but it can't. Oh well.
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It would be great if you hacked your website to be better usable on a smaller mobile device! I need to zoom in to read, but then I also need to scroll sideways because of fixed layout.<p>You can do both, achieve a cool retro style and publish in a more modern format that supports multiple output devices.