miniblog.

Key ghosting: which/how many keys on a keyboard can you press simultaneously? http://t.co/rdt4HtWkaJ (researched by an Emacser, of course!)

Getting ABI calling conventions right is hard. Here's a compiler author who tests by fuzzing! http://t.co/15f866afFM

Excellent article on Forth design: https://moonforth.github.io/ (entertainingly an implementer is called a 'Forthwright')

What Happens Next Will Amaze You http://t.co/oeRo6ONCkv Superb state of the union talk on web trends with(out) privacy.

Are there any mailing lists that offer syntax highlighting? I feel like it should exist, but I haven't found any.

"developing a [JS] library that specifically targets a framework is a waste of time" http://t.co/pvdg3f8xq1 -- Why I Write Plain JS Modules

The Evolution of Lisp: http://t.co/HOBoUcVMGo (really interesting paper, including some comments on failed experiments)

I'm really impressed by GitLab. It's getting polished, nicely integrated, and provides a serious option for a fully FOSS dev stack.

I haven't yet managed to write a Rust without wanting nightly. Macros are lovely to use but compiler plugins aren't stable.

Is it reasonable to implement + on strings, even though it's not commutative? Interesting comparisons to matrices:

'Boxes' as an alternative to files as the fundamental API: http://t.co/9RPbr9RjNI

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Unix Legacy: http://t.co/SLQkPiDxUJ (some great comments over unix design intentions vs what happened)

Marvellous paper discussing the complexities of modern OS development and the design philisophies of Interim OS: http://t.co/wVRbGkKYgZ

RISC-V is gaining amazing momentum. There are already GCC: http://t.co/jFSRyTonzz and LLVM: http://t.co/Kb5b0MyMYz ports!

A great selection of incremental search (isearch) tips on /r/emacs: