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Jan 28, 2016 at 08:31
Why are our best tools for composing applications still copy-paste and pipes? Can we do better?
Chapter 8: Inter-process Communication
In our discussion about the difference between Human applications and their Houyhnhnm counterparts (I often pronounce "Houyhnhnm" as "Hunam"), I was intrigued by claims Ngnghm made (I usually call her "Ann") that communication was much easier between acti...

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Using spaced repetition apps with 1Password to help you memorise passwords without storing them in plaintext: https://boinkor.net/2018/11/memorizing-passwords-with-anki-1password/ Cute idea, although ideally a password manager minimises the memorisation necessary. It's a nice example of composing apps though.