Paged Out #9 [pdf]

The big news is that Paged Out! #9 has arrived, and the magazine’s own editors are serving plenty of goodies: more than 70 articles and artworks, a new Patreon, easier ways to buy print copies, and even an official serial number registration that makes the whole thing feel a lot more legit. It’s still free to read online, still proudly weird, and still carrying that handmade, underground energy the community clearly adores.

But let’s be honest: the real fireworks are in the reactions. One reader flat-out crowned it “My fav zine,” while another compared it to a modern version of 2600, the cult-favorite hacker magazine, calling it “deeply technical” and beautifully designed to boot. That’s basically the comments section equivalent of throwing roses on stage. And people weren’t just praising the whole package—they were naming favorites like they were drafting an all-star team. “The Subpixel Zoo” got a shoutout for being a nightmare for text display, which is exactly the kind of delightfully nerdy chaos this audience lives for. Meanwhile, Michał Zalewski’s piece was praised as “very funny,” and “Baby Steps in C” apparently had one commenter laughing hard enough to commit to buying print editions from now on.

There isn’t much of a full-on civil war here, but the hot take is clear: this isn’t just a niche magazine anymore. To some readers, it’s becoming a must-read artifact—part brainy scrapbook, part joke machine, part coffee-table flex for people who think code can be art.