I use commits on local git branch like rock climbing: they're anchor points to help you move forwards. Checkpointing work is very effective.
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The new PyPI web UI: https://warehouse.python.org/ is looking really good! There's a lot of good Python out there, which deserves a good site.
GitHub is great for asynchronous collaboration. Just had a 2 year old pull reuqest merged! https://github.com/lewang/scf-mode/pull/1
Achievement unlocked: managed a segfault using only safe Rust code. Only occurs on nightly though.
Emacs 25 will ship with dynamic C library loading! https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg01670.html
rust-clippy is *still* adding useful lints! https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy#lints I'm regularly surprised by how many useful suggestions it makes.
So many website APIs are effectively competing with the website, in addition to requiring dev time. Is this conflict of interest fixable?
Conda is an absolute joy for python. I can read the conda docs, install it and be using pandas before pip has finished installing pandas.
alert(1) to win: https://escape.alf.nu/ neat XSS/escaping game
Emacs isn't an editor. It's an interpreter that happens to ship with an editor program. It makes a lot more sense with this mindset.
Elm's compiler has some incredibly good error messages: https://elm-lang.org/blog/compilers-as-assistants (contextual, relevant and written for mere mortals!)
Amazing npm module that's entirely written as a literate README! https://www.npmjs.com/package/glulx-strings (extracts strings from glulx binaries)
Security bug using Emacs with Mosaic. In 2014! https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7 (the kitchen sink reputation of Emacs is entirely deserved)
Reduce Your Testcases with Bugpoint and Custom Scripts https://blog.llvm.org/2015/11/reduce-your-testcases-with-bugpoint-and.html (incredible tool for automatically reducing LLVMIR testcases)
I like the concept of truthiness, but it's hard switching between languages. Python, JS and elisp all have different opinions on.
NVidia is essentially open sourcing their Fortran compiler! https://www.llnl.gov/news/nnsa-national-labs-team-nvidia-develop-open-source-fortran-compiler-technology (LLVM may be weak copyleft but people contribute back)
Quitting to command loop in Elisp https://oremacs.com/2015/07/16/callback-quit/ (essentially a GOTO with stack replacement!)
Nifty elisp snippets for treating byte compile warnings as errors on Travis: https://joe-on-software.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/continuous-integration-tests-for-your.html
Rust's iterators are fast and can match loops with preallocation! https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/3spfh1/does_collect_allocate_more_than_once_while/
Emacs command of the day: github-clone. From https://github.com/dgtized/github-clone.el, clone and fork without leaving the comfort of Emacs!
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