Archive - Nichstack

The bot scourge is not an accident

It’s a new form of conditioning and most major players already bought in.

Jul 4 •

Alexander Nicholi

June 2025

A mostly wrong history of text encoding

The Teletype Model 33 was actually a trans-dimensional gift from aliens that might be in the future.

Jun 26 •

Alexander Nicholi

Why I’m a hard ass with programmers

You may not want the parasocial, but the parasocial wants you.

Jun 25 •

Alexander Nicholi

Welcome Unreality

Are you enjoying the show?

Jun 24 •

Alexander Nicholi

The tech mob depends on them to keep consolidating their power.

Jun 21 •

Alexander Nicholi

No love for native GUI toolkits

Look and feel is one of the things of the 90s we no longer covet.

Jun 20 •

Alexander Nicholi

I had hoped for not just for more, but for better

Jun 6 •

Alexander Nicholi

The Tragedy and Farce of TempleOS

Terry would hate most of the people claiming to love him above all.

Jun 5 •

Alexander Nicholi

May 2025

Why Anodyne, still

Because if I don’t do it, no one will.

May 18 •

Alexander Nicholi

No, I will not “Note that.”

Programmers need to learn English.

May 17 •

Alexander Nicholi

The Scourge of Mob Mediocrity

This is why we can’t have nice things.

May 6 •

Alexander Nicholi

April 2025

The Unipole Called Whiggery

Or, how hypocrisy has become civilisation’s greatest virtue.

Apr 29 •

Alexander Nicholi

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