Ink & Switch

An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.

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Slow Software

2018438 points260 comments Tools & Productivity details

What it means for software to be fast, and why most software is not.

Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps

2025294 points189 commentscited by 7Web & Frontend details

The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can reshape with minimal friction to suit their unique needs.

End-User Programming

2019105 points49 commentscited by 4Software Engineering details

A vision for empowered computing that reaches back forty years. Our research lab examines why it has been so hard to achieve.