Code page 437 aesthetic

At Axiom, our design team has recently come up with a “new” (to us) ๐ŸŒŸaesthetic๐ŸŒŸ for some of our online content. It shows up in posts & ads on social media and in featured images on blog posts. Here is an example. Announcing distributed tracing support โ”” Visualize traces in a new waterfall view. โ”” New dashboards to explore your services. โ”” No sampling, no compromise. โ”” All your traces, all the time. [Read More]

The Allure of The Terminal

Why is this interface so alluring? Okay, so that blank window might not be, let’s fill it with something more interesting. How about top. … or htop … … or bpytop … … or Dwarf Fortress? Ignore for a moment it’s a GNOME Terminal window on Ubuntu with the Yaru theme, it’s the contents of the window that’s alluring to me. That and the IBM Plex font showing it off so well. [Read More]