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Sep 20, 2018 at 22:50
If you download an Emacs source tarball, it comes with .elc files so you don't need to byte compile anything. This enables you to compile the remaining (much smaller) C parts quickly: I've seen installs take under a minute!

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https://elm-lang.org/news/compiler-errors-for-humans mentions the importance of layout and paragraphs for compile error messages. Perhaps tools should do line wrapping if the terminal is very wide? It's definitely more comfortable to read.
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Defining a separate tests module so rust tests compile faster:
Delete Cargo Integration Tests
Click bait title! We'll actually look into how integration and unit tests are implemented in Cargo. A few guidelines for organizing test suites in large Cargo projects naturally arise out of these implementation differences. And, yes, one of those guidelines will turn out to be: delete all integration tests but one.
Nov 30, 2022 at 02:59
TIL you can express pretty much all typescript type syntax in JSDoc comments: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsdoc-supported-types.html This gives you all the IDE benefits of typescript, but you don't need a compile step to run your code.