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    <b>⟐</b>
    <h1>rustle</h1>
    <span>curiosity has company.</span>
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    <button data-topic="all" aria-pressed="true">all stories</button
    ><button id="change" data-topic="systems">systems</button
    ><button data-topic="design">design</button><button data-topic="culture">culture</button>
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        <h2>The quiet elegance of a well-made command line</h2>
        <p><span>systems</span> submitted by <b>tessel</b> · yesterday</p>
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      <small>22<br />replies</small>
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    <article data-kind="design">
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        <h2>A love letter to monospace websites</h2>
        <p><span>design</span> submitted by <b>cairn</b> · yesterday</p>
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      <small>35<br />replies</small>
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    <article data-kind="systems">
      <strong>24</strong>
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        <h2>Building a tiny compiler over a long weekend</h2>
        <p><span>systems</span> submitted by <b>folio</b> · yesterday</p>
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      <small>28<br />replies</small>
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    <article data-kind="culture">
      <strong>67</strong>
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        <h2>What are you making just for yourself?</h2>
        <p><span>culture</span> submitted by <b>mesh</b> · yesterday</p>
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      <small>71<br />replies</small>
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    <article data-kind="design">
      <strong>12</strong>
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        <h2>Pixel art as a constraint, not a limitation</h2>
        <p><span>design</span> submitted by <b>teal</b> · yesterday</p>
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      <small>16<br />replies</small>
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    <article data-kind="culture">
      <strong>45</strong>
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        <h2>The small web needs more guestbooks</h2>
        <p><span>culture</span> submitted by <b>lark</b> · yesterday</p>
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      <small>49<br />replies</small>
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  <aside>Independent conversations. Interesting tangents. Enough room to think.</aside>
  <footer class="demo-note">Fictional brand · local interface demo · no information is sent</footer>
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