Blosxom and Worse-Is-Better
Mark Dominus (author of the excellent Higher Order Perl) now has a blog:
In a world full of bloated, grossly over-featurized software that still doesn’t do quite what you want, Blosxom is a spectacular counterexample. It’s a slim, compact piece of software that doesn’t do quite what you want—but because it is slim and compact, you can scratch your head over it for couple of minutes, take out the hammer and tongs, and get it adjusted the way you want.