miniblog.

Funny how Conda is criticised for its corporate backing, but npm is not. Both are great companies, but npm had few alternatives at inception

Python is arguably a great PL for a long term project. I can't imagine there will ever be a Python 4 breaking backward compatibility.

It's odd how few blog implementations have built-in comments. AFAICS all the popular Wordpress alternatives lack this.

Interesting discussion from an IntelliJ dev on what an IDE needs in a parser: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/6fs5q9/language_servers_and_ides/dinhtiz (eg the parse tree must have comments)

"Extremist Programming": try to apply a technique everywhere, not just where it's commonly used.

Leaky by Design https://hackernoon.com/leaky-by-design-7b423142ece0 (has interesting examples of design challenges inside Microsoft software)

Bug hunting rituals: https://www.jackkinsella.ie/articles/the-bug-slip (Being systematic and taking notes, with some good examples)

Ouch. A backup horror story from

Pharo 6.0 is out! https://pharo.org/news/pharo6.0-released 64-bit, a bootstrap from git, immutability and even a new change management tool!

What Really Happened with Vista https://hackernoon.com/what-really-happened-with-vista-4ca7ffb5a1a Concludes with a superb, candid discussion of form factor sufficiency.

Interprocedural optimization in GCC https://kristerw.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/interprocedural-optimization-in-gcc.html (overview of some GCC optimisation techniques, along with usage examples)

Not even wrong - ways to dismiss technology https://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2017/5/24/not-even-wrong-ways-to-dismiss-technology (thoughtful piece on distinguishing tech breakthroughs vs dead end toys)

Pharo 7.0 will use git for managing source code! https://pharo.org/2017PharoDays (Even the image-based PLs using it: remarkable!)

Perl docs don't just use syntax highlighting, they link language keywords so you can visit the relevant page!

The State of JS blog posts have some great visualisations exploring dev attitudes to languages and tools: