This article by John Siracusa was written right around the time Apple was ditching use of resource forks in OS X and contrasts some of their uses with how it&#x27;s done today: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10678261" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10678261</a>