Szymon WilczekEssays by Szymon Wilczek on low-level computing, Linux, Emacs, typography and the philosophy of software.https://szymon-wilczek.me/enScreenshots of au-themes for GNU Emacshttps://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/au-themes-screenshots/https://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/au-themes-screenshots/Every au-theme in Emacs Lisp, C, Magit, Dired and Org, as it looks in my own Emacs.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEmacsemacsthemesaccessibilityswilczek.lx@gmail.com (Szymon Wilczek)Rules of Joker: Silesian Remikhttps://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/joker-rules/https://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/joker-rules/The complete, dated rulebook of Joker - the Silesian variant of rummy - as played at our table, written down once so the arguments can finally stop :)Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamescardsjokerremikrulessilesiaswilczek.lx@gmail.com (Szymon Wilczek)The Cycle of New Software: On Operative Simulacrahttps://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-cycle-of-new-software/https://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 GMTPhilosophyphilosophyepistemologyontologyaisoftware-engineeringswilczek.lx@gmail.com (Szymon Wilczek)Architecture of Inevitable Hypocrisyhttps://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-architecture-of-inevitable-hypocrisy/https://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 GMTPhilosophyphilosophyprivacysovereigntyopen-sourceswilczek.lx@gmail.com (Szymon Wilczek)8-Pixel Obsession: Crafting Typus Monohttps://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/the-8-pixel-obsession-typus-mono/https://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 GMTTypographytypographyemacsfontsghosttylinuxswilczek.lx@gmail.com (Szymon Wilczek)The Sins of Low-Level Bootstrappinghttps://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/code-silence-and-boot-sectors/https://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 GMTYouTubeassemblylinuxyoutubeswilczek.lx@gmail.com (Szymon Wilczek)Building a Modular Sanctuary: An Engineer's Dualismhttps://szymon-wilczek.me/writings/building-a-modular-sovereign-emacs/https://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 GMTEmacsemacsneovimswilczek.lx@gmail.com (Szymon Wilczek)