OCaml map signatures are really weird when coming from a Java/C++ background.
For example, Java's Map<Integer, String> typically becomes string IntMap.
I don't yet have any intuition on the different tradeoffs.
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I'm really impressed by the styling options in https://carbon.now.sh for producing images of code.
I'm often dissatisfied with my options for displaying code samples in slides, this might be a better option. Line numbers and (light background) syntax highlighting matter.
Apparently eBay decided to change their background colour gradually, to avoid user backlash! https://kulor.medium.com/how-ebay-secretly-changed-their-background-colour-from-yellow-to-white-ffd9718e7bb
@krinkle@mastodon.technology I don't know of anyone using difftastic by default, including me! (I use it >50% of the time though.)
I toyed with background colours but I didn't find anything that I really liked. Contrast is hard, and depends on the user's theme.
Background colours look bad with syntax highlighting (e.g. red background with blue comment text).
It also looked silly due to ignoring whitespace between symbols.
It's an interesting space and I'm still experimenting :)