diff --git a/site/link-log.yaml b/site/link-log.yaml index 94984b3..fe1536d 100644 --- a/site/link-log.yaml +++ b/site/link-log.yaml @@ -1,3 +1,22 @@ +- url: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/07/12/2009-Ranger + name: "Tim Bray: 2009 Ranger" + summary: | + > Car companies: Dare to do less · I couldn’t possibly walk away from our time in the Ranger + > without thinking about the absolutely insane amounts of money and resources and carbon + > loading we could save by building smaller, simpler, cheaper, dumber, automobiles. + + Please, yes. In the last 15-20 years, auto makers, particularly US auto makers have completely + abandoned the basic sedan market and the _actual_ light truck market. Before that, base sedans + and trucks were intentionally sabotaged (e.g. base trim without aircon) so that dealerships + could upsell you expensive packages (e.g. aircon plus a bunch of shiny bits you don't care about + for $5,000). + + I feel like there's an opportunity for someone to change the game with a car like this: + - ✅ A stero system that is basically a dash-mounted $20 bluetooth speaker and one USB port + - ✅ Aircon. + - ✅ An eye toward user-serviceable. + - ✅ Cheap, reliable, and durable. + - ❌ No other computer-y or electronic bits. - url: https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software name: "Maggie Appleton: Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers" summary: |