GitHub's review process is really growing on me. PRs are nice because there's a clear accept/reject, reviews clarify the current status.
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Awesome Emacs package of the day: simple-call-tree. Show a summary of call calls in functions!
A lovely example of extensible type systems evolving independently from the underlying language! https://twitter.com/soprano/status/898664668079693824
-<>> (aka 'diamond wand') is a cute variant of threading macros, allowing you to specify where the arg is passed: https://github.com/rplevy/swiss-arrows
On avoiding saying "straightforward" or "just": https://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2017-08.html#e2017-08-11T09_08_53.htm (I find it's more welcoming to newbies to avoid these terms)
The Community Scheme Wiki has an interesting approach to highlighting.It colours by depth, but only when you select.
I thought that Rust's concept of ; (i.e. don't return a value) was novel. Turns out MATLAB does something similar!
It's funny that quality of PL implementation has little effect on PL popularity. Good implementations are neither necessary nor sufficient.
Ingenious technique for removing watermarks: avg many images, then subtract the raw watermark! https://research.googleblog.com/2017/08/making-visible-watermarks-more-effective.html (has countermeasures)
"Awesome error messages for Dotty" https://scala-lang.org/blog/2016/10/14/dotty-errors.html (exploring Elm/Rust influenced compiler error messages in Scala!)
Twitter is writing their own Scala compiler, with a parallel type checker! https://github.com/twitter/reasonable-scala
The challenge with literate programming is separating the important details from glue code. Some code is boring or self-documenting.
Gotham, a new web framework for Rust, has been released! https://gotham.rs/blog (nice to see more web options on stable Rust)
I don't think it's possible to make much money in smartphone apps now. Prices are low, users rarely install new ones, and much competition.
I've finally changed my avatar from a glider from Conway's game of life. It was just too confusing to see other users with the same avatar.
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