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Jun 23, 2026
KASROZ: An Optimal Keyboard for Swipe
Why not QWERTY? QWERTY was designed in the 1800s for two-handed mechanical typewriters. As a layout, the key optimization places common bigrams on opposing levers so adjacent strikes wouldn't jam....
Lee Miller
Apr 15, 2025
Shifting Perspectives on Purchasing Open Source Software
At FUTO, we want to make open-source software development sustainable. We believe that developers should be paid for their time and energy spent on their projects, and have the legal ability to...
Joe OcchioneroNov 14, 2024
The Future of Software Distribution
Software centralization exists on a spectrum between two poles. At one extreme are the hyperscalers like Google and Amazon. Most of the Internet's population lives within gigantic server blocks owned...
Adam Jesionowski
