miniblog

Django is remarkably faster on Pypy than CPython: http://t.co/QKpHr2Tb

Macros aren't just for Lispers. #Scala, #Perl 6 and #Haskell have them too!

I'm not sure I've ever used a program and said "oh, if only it had more settings!".

Wappr: http://t.co/aclZKd7w app wish list from tweets. Now, to find some time to do *more* projects.

Line length is the new tabs vs spaces.

#Emacs tip of the day: https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el allows you to expand the region in a syntax-aware way. Saves a few keystrokes.

Today I learnt that ;: is a more portable # for shells like #zsh which use # for pattern matching. Works with #Bash too. Handy.

Ask Hacker News archive: http://t.co/tSDhv4XY -- a real treasure trove.

#Git magic of the day: $ git log --graph --all --decorate

Latest blog post: Playing Blackjack With #Haskell: http://t.co/dJGv10PY

Discovered ibuffer for #emacs today. Already can't live without it.

You think you've seen it all in sorting algorithms, then this comes along: http://t.co/8ww2Zr8c

Hat tip to @codebase, they offer the best support I've ever seen for a web company.

Decided to give #emacs 24 a try, and *everything* worked out of the box. Every emacs lisp script I've ever written or downloaded. #impressed

When in doubt with #python packaging, you just want Pip, virtualenv and distribute. http://t.co/6eehYDva has more info, but it's less clear.