Links #2025-15 - Dynamic linking, voice UX, and Dwarf Fortress

Articles and videos I found last week that I actually read or watched until the end.

• Giving up the dylib dream - octet-stream.net

  This post accurately explains a discomfort that has been growing over the years. On one hand, I'm mostly in lane 1, letting the Debian community decide which libraries to include. On the other hand, I'm increasingly moving to lane 2, developing in Go and installing more and more apps through AppImage and Flatpak.

• The case against conversational interfaces - julian.digital

  Voice chat was never going to be the next universal interface, if only for one reason: the inevitable noise and chaos that will ensue when everyone in the room starts using it. This idea of only augmenting existing interfaces where it makes sense sounds better, but I am still not convinced.

• The candid naivety of geeks - ploum.net

  We are all addicted to shiny things and dopamine. Like doctors who smoke, while they should know better, given enough motivation, you can talk yourself into believing anything.

• Is the ZX81 / Timex Sinclair 1000 actually bad? Let's fix these to find out. - www.youtube.com

  What I found wonderful about this video is the confident, but stern troubleshooting of chips and the beginning, and the sheer confusion and joy when he got around to actually playing some games. Apparently, games from forty years ago can still be fun.

• The Origins of Dwarf Fortress - (Series Episode One) - www.youtube.com

  I never got into the game, it was simply too complex and intimidating, and I felt kind of jealous of people who played it regularly. But these videos made me feel like I was part of the heartwarming story too.