📱 Keep Android Open
An important reminder that open-source ecosystems require constant vigilance to stay open and community-driven.
The KeepAndroidOpen initiative rallies developers and users against Google’s upcoming 2026 policy requiring centralized registration, ID verification, and sharing of sensitive signing keys. The campaign defends the open and decentralized roots of Android and calls for public advocacy to preserve developer freedom.
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💾 How the Windows 95 UI Made Its Way into Windows NT
A nostalgic yet insightful look at how major software systems evolved before modern tooling reshaped collaboration.
A Microsoft engineering retrospective explains how the Windows 95 interface was re-created for Windows NT 4.0. Instead of directly merging code, developers treated Windows 95 as a reference, reimplementing its UI while maintaining NT stability. The post also recalls the limitations of 1990s source control tools and the painstaking manual integration process.
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⚙️ minicoro: Single-Header Stackful Cross-Platform Coroutine Library in Pure C
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