Personal writings, essays, manifestos, software projects, and tools by Szymon Wilczek.https://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/en-ushttps://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-cycle-of-new-software/https://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-cycle-of-new-software/On the operative simulacra of generative code, the breakdown of Brooks' essential complexity, the illusion of historical mastery, and the displacement of human cognitive centrality in computing.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-architecture-of-inevitable-hypocrisy/https://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-architecture-of-inevitable-hypocrisy/On the illusion of ideological purity, the doomed romanticism of rebellion, the AI enclosure of the digital commons, and the inescapable hypocrisy of modern digital life.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-8-pixel-obsession-typus-mono/https://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-8-pixel-obsession-typus-mono/On the madness of condensing JetBrains Mono by 8%, and wrestling 10,000 Nerd Font glyphs into mathematical submission.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/code-silence-and-boot-sectors/https://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/code-silence-and-boot-sectors/On starting a no-talking programming channel and building an 8-part Linux bootloader in complete silence.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/building-a-modular-sovereign-emacs/https://sw.szymon-wilczek.me/writings/building-a-modular-sovereign-emacs/On the eternal ping-pong between Neovim and Emacs and building a modular setup that stops pretending to be something it is not.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT