miniblog.

Nov 28, 2015
Interesting paper on assessing API usability based on the questions developers ask on Stack Overflow: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aldrich/papers/icpc15-searching.pdf
Nov 27, 2015
Having an interpreter and compiler allows interesting workflows. E.g elisp users can try in the interpreter then compile when they're happy.
Nov 27, 2015
Emacs command of the day: kmacro-name-last-macro. Concocted a great macro? Save your last macro as a named command for later use.
Nov 27, 2015
Achievement unlocked: created a segfault using only safe @rustlang code!
Segfault in safe Rust when compiling with optimisations · Issue #30081 · rust-lang/rust
Segfault in safe Rust when compiling with optimisations · Issue #30081 · rust-lang/rust
#![feature(box_syntax, box_patterns)] use std::num::Wrapping; #[derive(Debug, Clone)] pub enum Instruction { Increment { amount: Wrapping<i8>, }, Loop(Vec<Box<Instruction>>), } /// Defines a method...
Nov 27, 2015
The problem with lots of small commits is they're less helpful for the reader. I try to squash rather than producing a 'twitter feed'.
Nov 26, 2015
I use commits on local git branch like rock climbing: they're anchor points to help you move forwards. Checkpointing work is very effective.
Nov 26, 2015
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.
PyPI · The Python Package Index
PyPI · The Python Package Index
The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language.
Nov 22, 2015
GitHub is great for asynchronous collaboration. Just had a 2 year old pull reuqest merged!
Allow scf-mode to be installed in MELPA by Wilfred · Pull Request #1 · lewang/scf-mode
Allow scf-mode to be installed in MELPA by Wilfred · Pull Request #1 · lewang/scf-mode
Hi @lewang Thanks for a very useful elisp package. I'd like to add it to MELPA, but the footer isn't formatted correctly. This pull request fixes that.
Nov 22, 2015
Achievement unlocked: managed a segfault using only safe Rust code. Only occurs on nightly though.
Nov 22, 2015
Emacs 25 will ship with dynamic C library loading!
Heads up: dynamic-loading merge heading into emacs-25
Nov 21, 2015
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.
GitHub - Manishearth/rust-clippy: A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code
GitHub - Manishearth/rust-clippy: A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code
A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code - Manishearth/rust-clippy
Nov 21, 2015
So many website APIs are effectively competing with the website, in addition to requiring dev time. Is this conflict of interest fixable?
Nov 21, 2015
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.
Nov 21, 2015
alert(1) to win: https://escape.alf.nu/ neat XSS/escaping game
alert(1) to win
Nov 20, 2015
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.
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