A very good essay which reminds us we can't really reason in terms of absolute right or wrong.

Unsurprisingly this ecosystem keeps being more and more closed.

Probably biased, but this raises questions about xz.

Lots of good points in there. Very much focused on web services APIs, that being said the first part also applies to libraries APIs in my opinion.

I think this is pretty accurate... I have mostly the same reasons.

Ever wondered about how Windows 3 was architectured? This is an interesting read. It was really complex though, you can really tell it's in the middle of several transitions.