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ProjecturEd is a really interesting 'projectional editor': https://github.com/projectured/projectured/wiki/Screenshots https://github.com/projectured/projectured/wiki/Features (complex datatypes acting as txt)

Web culture is terrifyingly transient. Without https://archive.org/, we'd be better off using paper.

Who Controls Your Computer? (And How to make sure it’s you) https://fare.tunes.org/computing/reclaim_your_computer.html (bootstrapping trust and verifying s/w capabilities)

Ever wondered how to compile LLVM IR to object code? My new tutorial chapter has just landed!

A sysadmin colleague recommended to me that you should reboot servers once per quarter, to ensure they boot correctly. Interesting idea.

Git's terminology is tricky. I had to read this several times to parse it! Source:

Commenting code using MSPaint. Now I've seen everything! Source:

Magpie is a fun language with a big CLOS influence. You can do wild things like locally defined methods:

C++17 features being discussed: https://m.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/4pmlpz (I'm impressed to see many committee members, even Stroustrup, on the cpp reddit!)

Has TV increased synchronised opinions over independent thought? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11957116 (Has the Internet improved matters?)

Gofmt, codemod: it's wonderful seeing language communities develop standalone tools rather than every IDE reimplementing then.

Alan Kay argues in favor of being a polyglot to move beyond pop culture technology. Context:

Pyret, a teaching language, has an interesting design: https://www.pyret.org/pyret-code/ (offering primitive data types for images is a great idea)

Firefox JIT-compiles JS, but now supports W^X permissions! Neat! An important (but sadly rare) feature of JITs.

HTTP Is The New Lisp https://www.pandastrike.com/posts/20160509-http-is-the-new-lisp (good discussion of reinventing APIs and making the most of standards)