Marcin Wichary
@aresluna.org
he/him · Writing about software craft and quality: unsung.aresluna.org · Wrote a book about the history of keyboards: shift-happens.site · Design @figma · Typographer · Occasional speaker · Chicagoan in training
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Marcin Wichary
@aresluna.org
· Aug 14
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I finally updated my homepage! It’s not really flashy in any way, but it has a lot of links to what I’ve done over the last years.
If you like my work, chances are you will find here something you enjoy.
aresluna.org
If you like my work, chances are you will find here something you enjoy.
aresluna.org
I was so frustrated with the amount of mistaps that seemed to be happening in Bluesky iOS app search history (I tap one item and I get the results for another) that I analyzed the targets via iPhone Mirroring and indeed, they are very heavily imbalanced.
@bsky.app, can you fix please?
@bsky.app, can you fix please?
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I was so frustrated with the amount of mistaps that seemed to be happening in Bluesky iOS app search history (I tap one item and I get the results for another) that I analyzed the targets via iPhone Mirroring and indeed, they are very heavily imbalanced.
@bsky.app, can you fix please?
@bsky.app, can you fix please?
Thete are coffee table books with photos of Braun equipment, Apple computers, collections of corporate brand standards, typeface specimens etc.
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
February 3, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Thete are coffee table books with photos of Braun equipment, Apple computers, collections of corporate brand standards, typeface specimens etc.
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
There’s been chatter about The Moylan Arrow recently – the indicator showing which side of the car fuel intake is on.
Which made me think: What would be the equivalent of this in software?
Which made me think: What would be the equivalent of this in software?
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
There’s been chatter about The Moylan Arrow recently – the indicator showing which side of the car fuel intake is on.
Which made me think: What would be the equivalent of this in software?
Which made me think: What would be the equivalent of this in software?
My buddy and I are running a UX book club, and the next thing we want to read is a book not written by a white guy. I’m looking for recommendations – thank you!
Already on our list:
- Brenda Laurel, Computers As Theatre
- Erika Hall, Just Enough Research
- Lucy Suchman, Plans and Situated Actions
Already on our list:
- Brenda Laurel, Computers As Theatre
- Erika Hall, Just Enough Research
- Lucy Suchman, Plans and Situated Actions
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 AM
My buddy and I are running a UX book club, and the next thing we want to read is a book not written by a white guy. I’m looking for recommendations – thank you!
Already on our list:
- Brenda Laurel, Computers As Theatre
- Erika Hall, Just Enough Research
- Lucy Suchman, Plans and Situated Actions
Already on our list:
- Brenda Laurel, Computers As Theatre
- Erika Hall, Just Enough Research
- Lucy Suchman, Plans and Situated Actions
So in between the Melania thing and the X not being blocked from the App Store thing, Tim Cook is so not meeting this moment that he practically invented a time machine.
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 AM
So in between the Melania thing and the X not being blocked from the App Store thing, Tim Cook is so not meeting this moment that he practically invented a time machine.
I linked to the excellent holdcomputers.com before, and today I’m back in love with the aesthetics of all of these photos of people fixing computers and electronics in Hungary, decades ago.
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I linked to the excellent holdcomputers.com before, and today I’m back in love with the aesthetics of all of these photos of people fixing computers and electronics in Hungary, decades ago.
I was curious if the classic DOS font would look different with the same letterforms, but with actual proportional widths. It’s kind of… maybe interesting?
It’s far from finished – kerning is really hard! – but if you are curious, you can download and play with it here: aresluna.org/Ac437_Acer71...
It’s far from finished – kerning is really hard! – but if you are curious, you can download and play with it here: aresluna.org/Ac437_Acer71...
January 25, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I was curious if the classic DOS font would look different with the same letterforms, but with actual proportional widths. It’s kind of… maybe interesting?
It’s far from finished – kerning is really hard! – but if you are curious, you can download and play with it here: aresluna.org/Ac437_Acer71...
It’s far from finished – kerning is really hard! – but if you are curious, you can download and play with it here: aresluna.org/Ac437_Acer71...
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The pet influencers are pissed.
January 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The pet influencers are pissed.
This is a really great essay.
Imagine your car pulling over mid-drive to ask, “How’s your experience so far?” Ridiculous…until you realize that’s exactly how many apps behave now. How we normalized being interrupted by the products we bought to do work. Backseat Software: blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-sof...
Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog
blog.mikeswanson.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 AM
This is a really great essay.
I’ve been working on this for a while, but let’s make it official: I started a little Tumblr-like microblog about software craft and quality!
You can sign up via RSS or a weekly newsletter digest. There’s already almost two months of content, if you just want to check it out.
unsung.aresluna.org
You can sign up via RSS or a weekly newsletter digest. There’s already almost two months of content, if you just want to check it out.
unsung.aresluna.org
Unsung
unsung.aresluna.org
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I’ve been working on this for a while, but let’s make it official: I started a little Tumblr-like microblog about software craft and quality!
You can sign up via RSS or a weekly newsletter digest. There’s already almost two months of content, if you just want to check it out.
unsung.aresluna.org
You can sign up via RSS or a weekly newsletter digest. There’s already almost two months of content, if you just want to check it out.
unsung.aresluna.org
Cleveland’s Regional Transit Authority’s logo is actually really good.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Cleveland’s Regional Transit Authority’s logo is actually really good.
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I came to visit the Ohio State Reformatory because of the Shawshank Redemption connection, but I had no idea they also shot Tango & Cash here. I was obsessed with that awful movie as a kid.
January 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I came to visit the Ohio State Reformatory because of the Shawshank Redemption connection, but I had no idea they also shot Tango & Cash here. I was obsessed with that awful movie as a kid.
I wanted to add a good table of contents UI to some of my more intense essays, and I liked the end result so much I wrote a deep dive on the design details of the solution I came up with: aresluna.org/design-detai...
I am curious what you think of it, plus of me talking about it this way!
I am curious what you think of it, plus of me talking about it this way!
Design details: Table of contents
The details of table of contents UI on my site
aresluna.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I wanted to add a good table of contents UI to some of my more intense essays, and I liked the end result so much I wrote a deep dive on the design details of the solution I came up with: aresluna.org/design-detai...
I am curious what you think of it, plus of me talking about it this way!
I am curious what you think of it, plus of me talking about it this way!
What are you favourite well-made apps and sites? Phones and computers alike.
Doesn’t have to be “pretty,” but well-made according to whatever definition works for you.
Doesn’t have to be “pretty,” but well-made according to whatever definition works for you.
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
What are you favourite well-made apps and sites? Phones and computers alike.
Doesn’t have to be “pretty,” but well-made according to whatever definition works for you.
Doesn’t have to be “pretty,” but well-made according to whatever definition works for you.
On the off chance someone reading this has experience: Has anyone successfully output video showing Display P3 color space? I am taking screen grabs of something I am working on, and the only promising lead so far is using Animated AVIFs, but they seem to be struggling with 30+ fps.
January 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM
On the off chance someone reading this has experience: Has anyone successfully output video showing Display P3 color space? I am taking screen grabs of something I am working on, and the only promising lead so far is using Animated AVIFs, but they seem to be struggling with 30+ fps.
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Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
One of these weeks where a tough design problem is going so well I could be kicking myself for procrastinating with approaching it for almost a year… but the truth is it’s probably going so well *because* I’ve been low-key thinking about it for that amount of time.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
One of these weeks where a tough design problem is going so well I could be kicking myself for procrastinating with approaching it for almost a year… but the truth is it’s probably going so well *because* I’ve been low-key thinking about it for that amount of time.
I wrote a photo essay with 20+ of my favourite tech museums in the world, and tried to figure out what makes a great museum in the process.
I am very curious what tech museums you like – and why!
aresluna.org/fav-tech-mus...
I am very curious what tech museums you like – and why!
aresluna.org/fav-tech-mus...
Fav tech museums
A photo essay of 20-something best tech museums I’ve been to
aresluna.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I wrote a photo essay with 20+ of my favourite tech museums in the world, and tried to figure out what makes a great museum in the process.
I am very curious what tech museums you like – and why!
aresluna.org/fav-tech-mus...
I am very curious what tech museums you like – and why!
aresluna.org/fav-tech-mus...
Reposted by Marcin Wichary
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
Watching Gattaca and The Truman Show and thinking of an alternate universe where Andrew Niccol’s career went… differently.
January 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Watching Gattaca and The Truman Show and thinking of an alternate universe where Andrew Niccol’s career went… differently.
Once again, Stanislaw Lem was so terrifyingly prescient. His books Eden and Fiasco (both excellent reads) were basically about this, “the breakdown of shared reality.”
Reading an article by Emily Strasser in Popular Mechanics in which she interviews a scientist in the secretive organization that sets the time on the "Doomsday Clock" every year. Was his biggest fear nuclear war or climate change? No. It was "the breakdown of shared reality." Sobering way to put it
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Once again, Stanislaw Lem was so terrifyingly prescient. His books Eden and Fiasco (both excellent reads) were basically about this, “the breakdown of shared reality.”
Kudos to Stranger Things for keeping the opening credits synced to music on a strict 3–1 beat throughout its entire five-season run. This would be so so easy to renege on, but someone cared. 👊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHO...
Stranger Things 5 'Opening Intro' | 4K HDR
YouTube video by JustVibhor
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January 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Kudos to Stranger Things for keeping the opening credits synced to music on a strict 3–1 beat throughout its entire five-season run. This would be so so easy to renege on, but someone cared. 👊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHO...
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spent a few liminal nights before the turn of the solar calendar finally doing something about the bitsy tab i've had open in my browser for over a year and learning/bumbling through the making of this tiny dumb game
play it here: wolfchirp.itch.io/rendezvous
play it here: wolfchirp.itch.io/rendezvous
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
spent a few liminal nights before the turn of the solar calendar finally doing something about the bitsy tab i've had open in my browser for over a year and learning/bumbling through the making of this tiny dumb game
play it here: wolfchirp.itch.io/rendezvous
play it here: wolfchirp.itch.io/rendezvous