The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/06/18

terriblesoftware.org

You got faster. Your company didn’t.

AI made you faster. But you’re not more productive; you’re outsourcing the slow part to everyone else.

virtualosmuseum.org

The Virtual OS Museum

Over 1,700 pre-installed operating systems spanning 1948 to today, in a single Linux VM. Bundled QEMU, VirtualBox, and UTM.

minid.net

The web we know is going to disappear

Every generation of computing believes the interface it loves will last forever.

ailayoffs.rajnandan.com

The AI layoff trap

Interactive simulation: competitive firms over-automate because each captures the full cost saving but only 1/N of the demand destruction.

magnus919.com

The architecture of focus

Most companies default to a schedule designed for managers that systematically destroys the cognitive capacity for the work they actually need.