Beyond file and strings, how do you understand a large binary? Exploring visualisation using Hilbert curves:
miniblog.
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Excellent discussion of how REPL programming enables you to write code incrementally, going beyond what you can do with e.g. ipython or ghci.
Beyond structural editing: semantic editing! https://reasonablypolymorphic.com/blog/towards-tactics/index.html
(Uses Coq-style tactics.)
Apparently there's a separate linux kernel flavour (beyond the usual vanilla, LTS, hardened) just for personal computers! https://liquorix.net/
Looks like it's developed on GitHub and tuned for interactive usage.