Emacs tip: getting garbage in a traceback from byte-compiled functions? Go to the last function's definition and do eval-buffer in the file.
miniblog.
Newspeak (an exploratory Smalltalk-style language) demo exploring combining method editing with debugging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74WqdS_58uY
Extraordinary idea: give the Rust compiler a web frontend, so you have pretty errors and cross references!
The ideal answer to "what's your Emacs startup time?" is "I don't remember". Emacs sessions get more useful over time IME.
Reducing trade barriers is usually good for both parties. Is this true in monopoly-prone tech? Related: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/technology/apple-no-longer-immune-to-chinas-scrutiny-of-us-tech-firms.html
Elegant code, modeling a game world, and a fascinating deep dive into Inform 7 (a language designed for text games)
Great overview of Pyston, covering motivations, design and performance: https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/KevinModzelewski/pyston-talk-111015 (also contrasts with Pypy)
I rarely feel a need to back up my phone. This is partly because many apps sync remotely, but mostly because it's rare to create on a phone.
Emacs tip of the day: kill-do-not-save-duplicates prevents pushing duplicates to the kill-ring, so you don't need to press M-y repeatedly.
Ingenious, but rather evil use of make and awk to enable Makefiles to list their targets:
Really cute example of generating types from data, so you get editor completion on dynamic data in F#: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuGgA9Yqrs (video)
Emacs tip of the day: ESC ESC ESC will close the minibuffer when it doesn't have focus. Really handy if you didn't mean to leave it open.
@_abo_abo is there a lispy equivalent of paredit-backward-down? I've read https://oremacs.com/lispy/ but I can't spot anything.
Emacs command of the day: lispy-oneline, bound to O in lispy-mode. Great for flattening small expressions:
Awesome Emacs command of the day: projectile-commander, bound to C-c p m. It's a great jumping off point for projectile commands.
Showing 616-630 of 922 posts