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Spooky Database Relations

A discussion of the least-on-brand thing to ever happen on Halloween: The Halloween problem, a database querying issue with a long legacy.

Slot Wars

The battle to replace the standard expansion slot in the IBM PC reflected an effort by two sides of the PC world to gain control. Spoiler: The clone-makers won.

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby

Before hard drives became the main way for us to back up our stuff, they were a key evolution for the business world. They were also huge and costly.

Plug and Pray

Why an early design decision around the IBM PC created the need for an innovation called plug and play—something we very much take for granted today.

Mistakes Were Made

Technology vendors like SAP may rake in billions of dollars a year helping big companies build complex tech infrastructures, but they screw up—often, at scale.

It’s Just A Swipe Away

Vintage technology has powered the innards of the NYC subway system for decades—and sometimes, it surfaces in interesting ways. This one’s for you, OS/2 fans.

A Kernel Of Failure

How IBM bet big on the microkernel being the next big thing in operating systems back in the ’90s—and spent billions with little to show for it.

Life In Four Colors

Somehow CGA graphics, the IBM PC’s first take on color, haven’t completely faded into history. But those four colors inspire a whole lot of nostalgia.

Tiny Data

That time IBM sold the Port-A-Punch, a device that allowed people to make their own punch cards to collect data in the field. Hey, it’s easier than writing.
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