Today's awesome Emacs package: fence-edit! https://github.com/aaronbieber/fence-edit.el (helps you edit fenced code in e.g. .md, just like C-c ' in org-mode)
miniblog.
@monzo It looks like your forum is down -- specifically, https://community.monzo.com/ isn't resolving on DNS.
Agile is an attitude: https://blog.cognitect.com/blog/2017/7/27/how-we-work-agile-is-an-attitude (on the value of agile techniques, but applying them with an awareness of their limitations)
Why a large game benefits from a minibuffer UI, and a library for adding one to Unity projects: https://seawisphunter.com/minibuffer/api/index.html (Emacs style)
How easy is it to build new abstractions on top of the web? https://dev.to/ericnormand/the-bootstrapping-mindset (can we compile different layout engines to CSS yet?)
What's the largest tech company you've dealt with that had genuine, helpful support? Atlassian have done a good job IME.
Stack Overflow is shutting down its Documentation section: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/354217/sunsetting-documentation (makes sense: it didn't fit the Q&A model very well)
On designing the UI of Glitch: https://medium.com/glitch/designing-glitch-look-and-feels-e033040255b (it needs to be scrappy and accessible to encourage people to create!)
Fun Common Lisp advocacy: https://tiborsimko.org/common-lisp-runtime-redefinition.html (very few languages let you continue after Ctrl-C)
The data structures used in the JOE editor (supports files larger than RAM!) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11245877 (linked list of gap buffers)
Should IDEs offer a link between functions and unit tests as a first class construct? It would enable some interesting features.
Building anti-abuse systems in decentralised communication tools: https://dustycloud.org/blog/possible-distributed-anti-abuse/
An emulator is available for running Oberon! It's really easy to run. https://github.com/pdewacht/oberon-risc-emu (make && ./risc DiskImage/Oberon-2016-08*)
"The best-researched CS textbook ever"
https://computinged.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/the-best-researched-cs-textbook-ever/ (teach multiple syntaxes, to distinguish syntax from features)
Teaching students effectively by predicting the errors they will make: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/understanding-student-weaknesses/
RFC: Using Rust regex crates in Remacs: https://github.com/Wilfred/remacs/issues/285
On the effectiveness of UML, executable models, and choosing which details to include in a model: https://modeling-languages.com/models-to-code-interview-leon-starr/
Blogged: Suggest.el: Synthesising Constants https://www.wilfred.me.uk/blog/2017/08/06/suggest-el-synthesising-constants/
I find breathless coverage in the press for new tech to be off-putting, but sometimes they're genuinely innovative. Tricky.
Functions as a Service: a serverless framework for Docker https://docs.get-faas.com/ (interesting concept!)
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