If you're old enough, you might remember using floppy disks, either of the 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch variety. They didn't hold much and often you had to have many disks to install one program. Don't be misled by Fits on a Floppy's retro-tech name: it is most
definitely not about 20th century data media. It's about compactness and
comprehensibility.Fits on a Floppy describes
itself as "a Manifesto for Small Software," and as we read it, we found
ourselves nodding in agreement, right from the opening line:
