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Jan 15, 2017
Exponential time complexity in the Swift type checker https://www.cocoawithlove.com/blog/2016/07/12/type-checker-issues.html (nifty deep dive into the constraint solver inside)
Exponential time complexity in the Swift type checker
Exponential time complexity in the Swift type checker
One of the most annoying problems in Swift is when the compiler gives an 'Expression was too complex to be solved in a reasonable time' error. I look at why this error occurs, how to avoid it and talk about how this should be solved in a future compiler update.
Jan 15, 2017
Rust libstd without C dependencies: gives a 131 byte hello world!
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Jan 15, 2017
Emacs package of the day: unfill https://github.com/purcell/unfill . This handy utility will undo M-q (fill-paragraph).
GitHub - purcell/unfill: Functions providing the inverse of Emacs' fill-paragraph and fill-region
GitHub - purcell/unfill: Functions providing the inverse of Emacs' fill-paragraph and fill-region
Functions providing the inverse of Emacs' fill-paragraph and fill-region - purcell/unfill
Jan 15, 2017
Ratings on app stores have just become a way to report bugs. It's unfortunate, reviews need to be separate.
Jan 15, 2017
Sometimes language implementation is elegant and neat, but other times it's surprisingly simplistic. (from https://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/portal/ )
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Jan 15, 2017
The line of death https://textslashplain.com/2017/01/14/the-line-of-death/ (on the challenge of building a trustworthy UI displaying arbitrary content—a common problem!)
The Line of Death
The Line of Death
When building applications that display untrusted content, security designers have a major problem— if an attacker has full control of a block of pixels, he can make those pixels look like anything…
Jan 14, 2017
What can we learn from our GitHub stars? https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/what-can-we-learn-from-our-github-stars/ (great quantitative analysis of GitHub star effects)
Stargazers: A tool for analyzing your GitHub stars
Stargazers: A tool for analyzing your GitHub stars
GitHub stars are a simple way for GitHub users to bookmark repos that interest them. "Stargazers" is a tool to query GitHub for information about the stars.
Jan 14, 2017
Friday's xkcd is painfully true. https://xkcd.com/1785/ (I once visited a Google office in 2012 and hit a Gnome bug with IPv4+IPv6)
Wifi
Wifi
Jan 13, 2017
I find refactoring to be a great way to get familiar with a new large codebase.
Jan 13, 2017
Glance is a really interesting project exploring a visual Haskell. Reminiscent of ASTs, denser than blocks:
GitHub - rgleichman/glance: A visual Haskell
GitHub - rgleichman/glance: A visual Haskell
A visual Haskell. Contribute to rgleichman/glance development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jan 12, 2017
I'm a huge fan of visual-regexp-replace. I've written crazy regexps that would be impossible without its feedback.
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GitHub - benma/visual-regexp.el: A regexp/replace command for Emacs with interactive visual feedback
GitHub - benma/visual-regexp.el: A regexp/replace command for Emacs with interactive visual feedback
A regexp/replace command for Emacs with interactive visual feedback - benma/visual-regexp.el
Jan 11, 2017
Emacs tip for keyboard macros: `C-u 0 F4' will run the macro as many times as possible. It's great for running it on every line in a buffer.
Jan 11, 2017
Announcing Remacs: Porting Emacs to Rust!
Announcing Remacs: Porting Emacs to Rust
programming, language design, and human factors
Jan 11, 2017
Emacs tip: revert-buffer will reset a buffer as if you've just opened it. Handy if you've just chmod'd a shell script: switches to sh-mode.
Jan 11, 2017
Is the Slashdot/Reddit/HN effect of taking down a website still a problem? Server power has grown much faster than userbases.
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