miniblog.

Learning software development through playing and contributing to a MUD:

I've heard of quines, but today I learned about radiation-hardened quines! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_(computing)#Radiation-hardened These are quines where *any* single character can be removed and they still function. Fun concept, seems easier in a language with eval().

I'm comfortable with git, and recently learned mercurial, and I've concluded: commits are the wrong abstraction. Work-in-progress and finished work are different concepts. Rebases and even branches are for WIP. Signing is for finished work. Timestamps and authors change for WIP.