I've been thinking more about this viewpoint, and I think both simple kernels and simple browsers are possible for an enthusiastic hobbyist.
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1064394542776934400
miniblog.
Idle thought: you can view a type system as just an abstract interpretation of code. `x = 1` can be abstracted as assuming that x is a number, then checking that numbers are appropriate wherever x is used.
Overhauling the Rust homepage, and a superb discussion of effective writing to sell your ideas amd enable your users: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/11/29/a-new-look-for-rust-lang-org.html
The existence of a null value isn't a billion dollar mistake. The issue is when static type systems allow null anywhere.
Even some dynamic languages don't have a null value. For example, some lisps only have the empty list, which they use as a null-like value by convention.
Using open source projects has tangible benefits for both companies and their staff:
Building a unikernel based on standard Linux, no init process, and link time optimisation: https://next.redhat.com/2018/11/14/ukl-a-unikernel-based-on-linux/
Awesome talk on IDE culture, live programming, and ideas that we can take from Smalltalk: https://youtu.be/baxtyeFVn3w
Awesome talk on IDE culture, live programming, and ideas that we can take from Smalltalk: https://youtu.be/baxtyeFVn3w
On older, more experienced developers, and the remarkable growth of the programming community: https://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2014/06/20/MyLawn.html
From Rust's latest community survey: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/11/27/Rust-survey-2018.html
As consumer platforms become less programmable, perhaps we will increasingly see development primarily on Linux? (The year of Linux on the desktop is coming! 😂)
Adding a language feature is like adding a new shape to a lego set. It enables a huge range of new combinations (for better or worse).
I had no idea how many tech companies have created their own fonts! https://www.arun.is/blog/custom-typefaces/
(Unique branding, better language coverage, and it may be cheaper than licensing an existing typeface.)
@MightyPork@dev.glitch.social Stupid question: why not? Surely you'd still push the relevant commits to your git repo?
Interesting question: how do you do comments in block oriented programming languages? https://twitter.com/sayamindu/status/1067466198181400576
Today's compromised npm package: https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116 only had the malicious code in the minified version.
We don't always think of JS as a compiled language, but reproducible/verifiable compilation would have helped here.
A fun overview of basic operating system development: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22054578/how-to-run-a-program-without-an-operating-system/32483545#32483545
Syntax highlighting of diffs feels like an under-researched field. Doing a good job on incomplete snippets is a hard problem.
'YouTube Voice' (the speech style used by many youtubers) is often more enunciated: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-linguistics-of-youtube-voice/418962/
I think the internet has done something similar to writing styles too. I certainly use more exclamation marks!
Inline links are much more convenient than footnotes. However, they're more distracting. Unless I'm completely new to a topic ("for an overview of the field see [3]") it's better to read the whole article first.
Are there better UIs? Hide the links at first?
@bugaevc@mastodon.technology Idle thought: why not make the command grey, leaving white for output? The user knows what they've typed, but doesn't know what the output will be.
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