Joshua TongaNotes on software, books, and the occasional side project.https://joshuatonga.com/On keeping a plain-text lifehttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/on-keeping-a-plain-text-life/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/on-keeping-a-plain-text-life/The only format that survives is the one with the fewest features.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSmall tools I wrote this yearhttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/small-tools-i-wrote-this-year/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/small-tools-i-wrote-this-year/A list of small things I built in 2025 that I still use.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow I read nowhttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/how-i-read-now/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/how-i-read-now/I used to feel guilty about not finishing books.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTA quiet weekhttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/a-quiet-week/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/a-quiet-week/Spent most of the week away from screens.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTCSS is fine, actuallyhttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/css-is-fine-actually/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/css-is-fine-actually/Every two years there is a fresh wave of complaint about CSS.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe archive is the featurehttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/the-archive-is-the-feature/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/the-archive-is-the-feature/A blog is not a feed. A blog is an archive that happens to have a feed attached.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTSwitching back to Firefoxhttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/switching-back-to-firefox/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/switching-back-to-firefox/Did it on a whim. Stayed because containers are genuinely good.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo years of thishttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/two-years-of-this/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/two-years-of-this/I started writing here in early 2024. Two years and forty-something posts later.Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTA defense of bookmarkshttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/a-defense-of-bookmarks/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/a-defense-of-bookmarks/Bookmarks are unfashionable. They feel like 2004.Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTWriting in the morninghttps://joshuatonga.com/blog/writing-in-the-morning/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/writing-in-the-morning/I write better before 9am than I do at any other time of day.Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTHello, world (again)https://joshuatonga.com/blog/hello-world-again/https://joshuatonga.com/blog/hello-world-again/Migrated the blog. Again.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT