Beware slow tests. If your testsuite is too slow or painful to run, developers simply won't.
miniblog.
"'Configurable' is the opposite of 'usable out of the box'."
Unix Crash Recovery: https://web.archive.org/web/20020610182631/http://rocinante.colorado.edu/~wilms/recreation/crash.html (an oldie but a goodie)
OH "I love writing html by hand!" "Me too, but it leaves scratches all over the monitor"
Discovered git grafts and git-replace today. Git is one of those tools you never fully master (it seems).
#Python surprise of the day: `"1 in [1,2]: %s" % 1 in [1,2]`
"We’re going to use gcc 4.7, as the code generated is 10% faster than with 4.6. 4.8 is 10% faster still." Impressive for a mature compiler.
Fascinating that there are REPLs available for Android. I think programming on a smartphone could work, but needs much UI thought.
guilemacs is 'mostly indistinguishable' from normal Emacs: http://t.co/tcFFVNSGZP I like elisp, but proper namespacing would be nice...
Most used functions in Racket code: http://t.co/RPmTA6C0O8 (always interesting when you can get quantitative data)
Erlang: because naturally you want to run your Hello World program on 20 CPU cores! http://t.co/vifY64DVVP
http://t.co/E25k6mQNlI is a mix of Python, Racket and Ocaml, and influenced by research on teaching programming. Interesting, early days.
setup.py vs requirements.txt https://caremad.io/blog/setup-vs-requirement/
Obscure Unix of the day: If your terminal is accepting commands but not showing what you're typing, try 'stty sane'.
Yolk is a nifty Python tool for finding versions available on PyPI, but sadly it can return different results to pip: http://t.co/ffgeJ6CZjY
OH: "Database design, including demoralisation."
Sorting, trigonometry, filesystem access, HTTP. All these libraries I took for granted until I created a programming language. Nontrivial!
I'm excited to release Trifle lisp 0.6! https://github.com/Wilfred/trifle#trifle-lisp Better lists, better strings and a much more hackable standard library!
Excited to see Gnome 3.12! The terminal reflowing text is very neat.
How can we create tools such that the most fun implementation is the best? Do such tools/libraries/languages exist?
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