What does computing look like if we don't organise our functionality into programs that become OS processes? What paradigms have we not considered?
https://shalabh.com/programmable-systems/systems-not-programs.html
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Working software over comprehensive documentation => Minimize time from program launch to deployment of simplest useful functionality
I really like the DoD's phrasings of classic agile maxims: https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/09/2002049591/-1/-1/0/DIB_DETECTING_AGILE_BS_2018.10.05.PDF
I'm implementing an interpreter, and wondering how often I should check for interruptions (e.g. Ctrl-C).
I don't want to spend too much CPU time checking whether I've been interrupted, but I also want slow programs to stop promptly. It's tricky.
I see that *up has become an increasingly common name for toolchain installers: rustup, ghcup, even juliaup.
I think Rust was the first to use this terminology? I'm curious how similar the different *up tools are.