In this installment of Linker, we link to topics about GUIs, OS/2, Swift on Windows, email that will never die, and floppy disks. There is a heavy emphasis on retro computing this time.

I previously discussed how to emulate Mac OS 8 and 9 on modern computers. Recently, I was shown Infinite Mac, a website that allows emulation of these and earlier Mac OS versions directly in your browser. From System 1.0 to Mac OS 9.2.2, most major releases are available. This suite offers a convenient and innovative way to experience classic Mac OS without downloads or installations.

This is just a brief announcement to say that Feed the Dev has Mastodon.

Developer’s Notebook has been rebranded to Feed The Dev. There are many reasons for the rebranding and we are excited to share them with you.

This installment of “Linker” features links about estimating software projects, rebuilding Darwin from source, repatriating from the cloud and more!

This installment of “Linker” features links about Microsoft scaling Git, the Brave Browser as well as a fun project a YouTuber undertook to port thousands of apps back to Windows 95.

I bought an old PowerMac G3 Blue and White. First, I performed some maintenance, then I upgraded some hardware.

A few days ago, I stumbled across a new function in CSS that is going to make my life a tremendous amount easier: light-dark()

When I first discovered Next.js, I was excited about it, but it has become somewhat of a mess since then. These are my thoughts on it.

Our second poll asks whether you prefer to work with monorepos or multiple repositories. I have certainly heard strong opinions about both sides, so let us know what your preference is!

I have been using WordPress to run many of my websites since 2007, but feature bloat has me looking for alternatives.

Macintosh.js is an open-source project that runs Mac OS 8. It emulates a 1991 Macintosh Quadra and runs the full operating system with a few applications.