More people are making deliberate choices to step back from always-on connectivity — not as rejection of technology, but as a practice.
On why the command line is having a renaissance, and what it reveals about the limits of abstraction in software design.
There's one block left in Williamsburg that looks almost exactly as it did in 2005. A story about how it survived, and what it costs to stay. [Supporter+]
The economics of independent bookshops have never made sense, and yet they keep opening. [Supporter+]
Recommendation systems now shape more of daily life than any elected official. Should they be held accountable like one? [Supporter+]
Brooklyn's night markets are growing. For the vendors who run them, they're not just about food. [Supporter+]
On the invisible cost of apps designed to make it hard to leave, and the growing market for the opposite. [Supporter+]
A reporting project on the construction labor market in New York — who's doing the work, what it pays, and what the skyline costs at human scale. [Supporter+]
What remote workers do with the time they used to spend commuting — and what commuting gave them that they didn't know they'd miss. [Supporter+]
On the ethics and design of software that is meant to be used for a task and then closed, rather than kept open forever. [Supporter+]
Greek diners defined New York's overnight life for 60 years. What happens when the second generation doesn't want the restaurant? [Supporter+]
Post-pandemic live music returned — but something changed in how it feels to be in a room with people listening together. [Supporter+]
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