miniblog.

Argh. Python 2's string/unicode dichotomy makes it so easy to build an inconsistent codebase.

When you find a bug, if you can find a way to check for similar bugs (I often find ag and a regexp sufficient) it's well worthwhile.

How you know that your programming language has made it: http://t.co/8sKIup71Ab

Not enough GitHub repos have pictures. Especially when the README starts with "$PROJECT is a UI for $THING".

Doom as a tool for system administration: http://t.co/mFM68nn6pj

JSON is a good format. It's a shame it doesn't support comments or dates (without hacks), it could have been a great format.

It's really exciting to see @droneio open sourced. Jenkins is good, but it would really benefit from competition.

OH: "Nice, but the API seems pretty non-RESTifarian."

I'm surprised Python lets your repeatedly close a file without complaint. "I'll make doubly sure!"

I'm implementing basic I/O in Trifle lisp today! It's remarkably hard to have code test coverage for simple things like opening a file.

Why language design is hard: http://t.co/p9wnQXfjrE

The perils of committing to interfaces early: http://t.co/e9WgdUWEl2

Playing with django_reversion. It's one of those packages you realise it's easy to reinvent badly.

Hubot is excellent. It gives you tons of functionality out-of-the-box, and a framework for you to build on easily.

The more I look at Dylan, the more I like it. It has many of the Common Lisp features I like, and avoids some I don't like. No eval though.