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I read Qualities of Good Software by sundee

https://sundee.neocities.org/qualitysoftware/index.html

https://neocities.org/site/sundee?event_id=2771917

One thing this page reminds me of is that it's easier to get feedback on fanfiction than it is to get feedback on a program. So what's good for user experience isn't as obvious as what's good in writing.

There are many points I agree on. A really good example is how Photoshop (and GIMP) toolbox icons are grey when it would be much easier to pick tools if they had distinct colors. Though I think if followed it 100% e.g "As many options as possible", my code is going to get real unreadable and ugly; I write lots of if-else statements for configuration.

I'm going to open a tag for interesting articles I've found on #neocities starting with the articles I recently commented on.

https://temora.neocities.org/a/sentropy

https://neocities.org/site/temora?event_id=2707795

This article is about Sentropy, an automated abuse detection and removal system for social media sites. The company uses an algorithm and artificial intelligence to analyze and pre-emptively remove "harmful content" for their clients.

This might sound positive to those ignorant of what may qualify or be omitted as "harmful content", but a legitimate concern is corporate and government interests getting between online interactions and real friendships. The author also did a great job of archiving articles published about Sentropy.

#neocities

I saw my website reached 100k hits on Thursday, but didn't quite have the time to post about it. The last few thousands have been a crawl, but my site seems to get about 200-300 hits per day even if I don't update.

The only explanation I can think of is a decent placement on a tag/category on neocities. But even as I have a bunch of hits, I feel like I don't know most of the people who visit my site. Regardless, thanks for visiting.