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Awesome Emacs package of the day: togetherly https://github.com/zk-phi/togetherly -- lets multiple users edit a buffer together!

Today's I-wish-I'd-known-earlier of Emacs: map-query-replace-regexp. http://t.co/6smi9e8uln

Why the blub paradox makes it impossible to measure programming language usability: http://t.co/TI6fp1O2SE

$9 Linux PC with 512MiB RAM! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer It's amazing how close we are to ubiquitous computing and smart dust.

Today's ingenious Emacs package: syntax highlighting JS using tern!

Brushing up my Rust in preparation for the v1.0 release. The compiler errors are generally excellent.

OH: Releasing software is like going to the dentist: the more rarely you do it, the more painful it is.

I'm delighted to announce that I've assigned copyright to the FSF! I can now send patches to #Emacs itself!

Refactoring is the practice of bringing code closer to a problem's ideal solution.

Tabnabbing: A New Type of Phishing Attack http://t.co/DG1nyiFZJT Extremely devious!

The best editor for working with Agda, a rigorous dependently typed language, is apparently the dynamic typed Emacs! http://t.co/yphJPv1MbC

I learn something new every time I read the gdb docs. It's remarkably versatile.

Too many debuggers assume you haven't changed the source code since you started the debugging session. Leads to nasty misunderstandings.

Emacs tip of the day: if you're regularly running multiple compilation commands, use M-x rename-uniquely in each *compilation* buffer.

Great post on devirtualisation for C++ in GCC, with some interesting comments on warning usability: http://t.co/PL6ksVOGXS