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Today I learnt that `cargo fix` won't fix code with compiler errors by default, but you can override this! $ cargo fix --broken-code --allow-dirty && cargo clippy --fix --allow-dirty This incantation does exactly what I wanted :)

The niche of short, environment-specific scripts, and the consequences for programming language design choices: https://brrt-to-the-future.blogspot.com/2021/03/why-bother-with-scripting.html

Trying the nix CLI today, and I'm seriously impressed with the formatting of its --help output. Indented warnings, italics, bullets, even adding a left border to code snippets! It's a nice reminder to take full advantage of terminal features to help the reader.