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We all [..] defend on the grounds of technical merit when really the decision is [by] comfort [and] random prejudices http://t.co/rgxUscyInL

A DOMain of Shadows http://t.co/G8Fu78l0dd Superb discussion of internal DSLs vs custom syntax.

A clever bot that validates pull requests on the Bootstrap project:

"I want a language that assumes I'm brilliant but distracted :)" http://t.co/9UEKKvZax9 A taste of Rust (yum) for C/C++ programmers

It's common and reasonable for blog post comments to close after some time has elapsed, but how do you choose that threshold?

Local state is harmful http://t.co/1JU8nelfIJ Fascinating blog post on modelling debugging on a transaction log.

Trying to get good signal is the modern dowsing.

Eve is exploring radically different ways to program. Great developer progress log: http://t.co/RoX53C559H

Fault Injection in Production: Making the case for resilience testing (Etsy) http://t.co/nfcVG86TPQ

I like how boon-mode is modal in an Emacsy way, but using y and u for moving up and down is awkward. Those are my most common commands!

Playing with boon-mode today. I'm not a vim user, but I think there's some comfort and efficiency to be gained from modal navigation.

Hopper http://t.co/L4swyilnCx has a fascinating ability to compare airfare seasonality. It's hard to find disruptive tech in airfares.

A very impressive pedigree! ESS has a Changelog with entries for 1990!

Wow, Emacs Speaks Statistics contains an msdos.el and XEmacs compatibility!

Dan Ingalls on the History of Smalltalk and the Lively Kernel http://t.co/aNNCee7VfM