| domain | simonsafar.com |
| summary | This website explores various unconventional and often overlooked aspects of computing, including:
* User Experience: Criticizes the over-reliance on desktop applications and suggests improvements to user-friendly systems, particularly regarding file system mounting. * Authentication: Highlights the role of Google and Facebook logins/phone numbers as "anti-sybil" services. * Programming: Discusses the importance of libraries and bindings, and the potential of using languages like Common Lisp for scripting. * Networking: Explores concepts like RSS, polling, Unix domain sockets, and Windows named pipes. * Security: Briefly touches on self-signed certificates. * Operating Systems: Details unusual OS installation methods. * Software Philosophy: Considers the Unix philosophy as a consequence rather than a primary design principle. * Data Representation: Addresses binary file formats and their perception.
Essentially, the site advocates for a deeper, more critical understanding of computing technologies and their underlying complexities. |
| title | simonsafar.com |
| description | simonsafar.com |
| keywords | things, part, using, still, more, code, unix, stuff, sockets, better, terminals, windows, lisp, file, there, have, evil |
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| nslookup | A 167.99.167.94 |
| created | 2025-11-10 |
| updated | 2026-01-01 |
| summarized | 2026-01-31 |
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