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Interesting technology

This is a collection of random interesting technological ideas, designs and actually delivered things that I found interesting.

  • GNU Emacs — the most powerful editor out there. It's so flexible that it can be used not only to write text, but also to manage projects, exchange email, chat on XMPP or IRC, play tetris and much, much more! And if you use Org Mode, it's even much more than that!
  • Object-capability model — a better way to model access control than just maintaining ACLs.
  • Theremin — an analog synthesizer, a musical instrument, and a very cool device — all at the same time!
  • TUNES Project — an operating system project started in the 90's by a group of visionaries. I don't know if anything was ever implemented, but the ideas documented on this page are very interesting and inspiring.
  • Dillo — a minimalist web browser with an engine of its own. There was a talk about resurrecting Dillo on FOSDEM 2025.
  • Forth (programming language), used for many space missions, but also to implement OKAD or VIBE (a block-editor).
  • RetroForth, a modern Forth dialect.