JS emulating hardware running Smalltalk: we're coming full circle: http://t.co/XArAUyZcve
miniblog.
Cripes, FreeBSD doesn't yet have ASLR! http://t.co/ddBKus0PTd Looks like it will be coming soon.
It is extraordinary how much information can be learnt by analysing a JPEG in depth: http://t.co/faG13NFsym (image forensics!)
Something has gone wrong with YouTube's targeted advertising when it shows you an advert for the film you're trying to watch a trailer for.
The 'do one thing, and do it well' unix philosophy would be better as 'compose well, then specialise' I think.
Great example of clean opinionated JSON API design principles: https://github.com/gocardless/http-api-design/blob/master/README.md
Jisp http://t.co/JaVqYA7MJ8 is another lisp that compiles to JS. It's unusual in that it supports (elif foo bar) inside if expressions.
It's interesting to note that 'Smalltalk' is a reserved word in Smalltalk. I don't know of any other languages where this is true.
We all [..] defend on the grounds of technical merit when really the decision is [by] comfort [and] random prejudices http://t.co/rgxUscyInL
A DOMain of Shadows http://t.co/G8Fu78l0dd Superb discussion of internal DSLs vs custom syntax.
A clever bot that validates pull requests on the Bootstrap project: https://github.com/twbs/rorschach/blob/master/README.md
"I want a language that assumes I'm brilliant but distracted :)" http://t.co/9UEKKvZax9 A taste of Rust (yum) for C/C++ programmers
It's common and reasonable for blog post comments to close after some time has elapsed, but how do you choose that threshold?
Local state is harmful http://t.co/1JU8nelfIJ Fascinating blog post on modelling debugging on a transaction log.
Trying to get good signal is the modern dowsing.
Eve is exploring radically different ways to program. Great developer progress log: http://t.co/RoX53C559H
Fault Injection in Production: Making the case for resilience testing (Etsy) http://t.co/nfcVG86TPQ
I like how boon-mode is modal in an Emacsy way, but using y and u for moving up and down is awkward. Those are my most common commands!
Playing with boon-mode today. I'm not a vim user, but I think there's some comfort and efficiency to be gained from modal navigation.
Hopper http://t.co/L4swyilnCx has a fascinating ability to compare airfare seasonality. It's hard to find disruptive tech in airfares.
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