miniblog.

Claude asked me a question today: was I looking for an Emacs plugin (because I was talking about elisp) or a Rust program (because I have configured Rust preferences)? I'm really impressed, it's rare to see LLMs ask follow-up questions. (I wanted Emacs in this case.)

It's rare to see ANSI escape codes for URLs in the wild, but cargo has it! This example links to https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/profiles.html#default-profiles, describing the different profiles. Considering releases vs debug is a source of confusion for new users expecting better performance, this seems wise.

I really like the idea of using deliberately ugly syntax when proposing a language feature. You avoid bikeshedding when you're figuring out the basic design. I don't know why this is so rare. Bikeshedding can be exhausting, especially when a design is young.