MicroPython, for the uninitiated, is a pared-down version of python meant to run on today’s powerful microcontollers. As ...

Plummer has spent recent months telling Microsoft what they do not want to hear about Windows 11. He argued the OS needs its own Windows XP SP2 moment, a stretch where Microsoft drops new features and ...

Dave Plummer’s TinyRetroPad revives classic Notepad simplicity, stripping away AI, telemetry, and unnecessary modern clutter Built in under 3 kilobytes, the new tool highlights growing frustration ...

Microsoft has spent the last few years stuffing Notepad with AI tools, Markdown support, and cloud-tied credits, chipping away at the simple, local text editor it used to be. Basic editing still works ...

Editor's take: Dave Plummer started his programmer's career at Microsoft back in the MS-DOS days. He knows a thing or two about code optimization, which is why he is now trying to strip Notepad of the ...

Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer apparently shares my obsession with Notepad and how it’s evolved in Windows 11. But where I’ve struggled to create clones of Notepad in various Microsoft ...

Microsoft's habit of adding unnecessary features to Notepad is a symptom of broader bloating in the Windows codebase. But it is possible to go back to basics with a version of the editor that fits in ...

When you've used Linux for over 20 years, you don't need much hand-holding.

DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for the flaw on June 25, the first public demonstration ...

Python library for working with Screaming Frog SEO Spider crawl data programmatically. Public alpha is focused on DB-backed crawl workflows: ...