andrew_chou, 6 months ago

there's something wildly refreshing about "slow" tech, where I can peruse source code, blog posts, forums, social media posts, etc from years ago and they'll still be relevant! (especially useful in the context of programming languages)

glaskows, 6 months ago

@andrew_chou I've been interested in this subject for a while but this is the first time I hear about permacomputing. Thank you for sharing that!

My interests are in low power computing, slower replacement of technology and more efficient use of resources.

Do you have some good resources you could share?

andrew_chou, 6 months ago

@glaskows sorry I never got a chance to reply! some useful links include:

• "Weathering Software Winter", an amazing presentation from @neauoire (https://100r.co/site/weathering_software_winter.html). really anything from them is worth reading!

• http://permacomputing.net/ which consolidates thoughts and resources on the topic

• anything from Low Tech Magazine (https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

there are probably countless others that i've come across that made an impression, but would need to search for them more intently

andrew_chou, 6 months ago

also doesn't help that a good portion of my feed here is seeing uxn stuff from @neauoire and friends 😂

#uxn

andrew_chou, 6 months ago

it's funny because have seen lots of talk about permacomputing online and in some niche spaces but it's never really resonated with me for some reason. I generally found the term kind of vague but maybe that's the point, as its meaning to me is becoming clearer in the ways that I want it to be.

also, lots of this ties back to my job, where there's a lot of overlap in terms of the value this technological mindset(?) can provide for specific communities and use cases