miniblog.

Oct 21, 2016
Self-hosting tools are like catnip to developers. There's a real elegance to them.
Oct 21, 2016
Uniquify is an excellent Emacs package for looking at different files with the same name. Amazingly, it was written in 1986!
Oct 20, 2016
Why I'm Working on Yarn https://yehudakatz.com/2016/10/11/im-excited-to-work-on-yarn-the-new-js-package-manager-2/ (argues, rightly IMO, on the importance of community design over implementation details)
Why I'm Working on Yarn
(This post is about Yarn, a new JS package manager that was announced today [https://code.facebook.com/posts/1840075619545360].) I work with Node and npm packages almost every day, on Tilde's main app, Skylight, or on one of Ember's many packages. Many have remarked upon how fast the npm
Oct 18, 2016
TIL that `c F' in magit allows you to add your changes to an arbitrary existing commit! 'Instant Fixup' is very useful for feature branches.
Photo
Oct 18, 2016
Whilst the Scheme standard *mandates* full TCO, I keep finding implementations that don't have it. TCO and FFI is understandably difficult.
Oct 17, 2016
I picked up an old ES5+backbone project this weekend after working on an ES6/JSX+React project this week. JS has bifurcated into dialects!
Oct 17, 2016
.@emacs_flycheck is really helpful if something is misconfigured. Just run M-x flycheck-select-checker and it shows why a check won't run!
Photo
X / ?
Oct 15, 2016
Google is going to start highlighting fact checking articles: https://blog.google/topics/journalism-news/labeling-fact-check-articles-google-news/ (great idea, will help the public stay informed)
Labeling fact-check articles in Google News
Labeling fact-check articles in Google News
Over the last several years, fact checking has come into its own. Led by organizations like the International Fact-Checking Network, rigorous fact checks are now conduct…
Oct 15, 2016
Idealized Commit Logs:Code Simplification via Program Slicing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSqLt8BgbRQ (powerful technique for simplifying code contextually)
Oct 15, 2016
Turns out that git now allows you to have multiple branches checked out at once! https://github.com/blog/2042-git-2-5-including-multiple-worktrees-and-triangular-workflows I have needed this for ages.
Git 2.5, including multiple worktrees and triangular workflows
Git 2.5, including multiple worktrees and triangular workflows
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.5. Here’s our take on its most useful new features. git worktree: one Git repository with multiple working trees It’s not…
Oct 15, 2016
*This* is why LLVM is the compiler backend of choice today. It has tons of clever optimisations:
Photo
LLVM’s Analysis and Transform Passes — LLVM 23.0.0git documentation
X / ?
Oct 15, 2016
Today's Emacs adventure: when does Emacs actually expand your macros?
Undefined reference to it. · Issue #11 · Wilfred/suggest.el
Undefined reference to it. · Issue #11 · Wilfred/suggest.el
I downloaded the mode today from melpa and tried running it, but unfortunately I get undefined reference to the "it" variable. The version of suggest is 20160807.1830 and my emacs version is 24.4.1.
Oct 15, 2016
TIL that {:#?} will pretty-print a Debug type in Rust! I can throw away 10s of LOC! (via https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/56sa70/what_do_you_wish_you_know_when_you_started/ )
Reddit - The heart of the internet
Oct 13, 2016
ldd arbitrary code execution https://www.catonmat.net/blog/ldd-arbitrary-code-execution/ (LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS magically changes program execution behaviour!)
ldd arbitrary code execution
ldd arbitrary code execution
The `ldd` utility is more vulnerable than you think. It's frequently used by programmers and system administrators to determine the dynamic library dependencies of executables. Sounds pretty innocent, right? Wrong! In this article I am going to show you how to create an executable that runs arbitrary code if it's...
Oct 13, 2016
Growing A Programmer https://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/Thoughts/Growing_a_Programmer.html (how to move across the skill divide, from basic coding to program design and collaboration)
404 Not Found
Showing 4,111-4,125 of 7,585 posts