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Maxima, on the web, in the browser.
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New version of Textual adds CSS support
Announcement of Textual 0.2.0 on reddit.
HOW TO BUILD TWITTER CLONE PROJECT WITH REACT JS FOR BEGINNERS
I can't actually decide if this is humour or not, but it's hilarious, for sure.
Remove the "Authority" from Packaging - Packaging - Discussions on Python.org
Turns out the A in PyPA, meaning "authority", was originally intended as a joke. TIL.
The Open Source Foundation for Application Security
All things software security.
Copyright without years
A blog post about why curl switched away from showing years in copyright statements within the project.
The Inner Workings of Python Dataclasses Explained
Everything you ever wanted to know about Python's dataclasses. And probably more. And probably stuff you didn't care to know. And probably stuff you didn't know you'd ever want to know, or not.
OSA JavaScript recipes
For a while, you've been able to script Mac OS using JavaScript using JavaScript for Open Scripting Architecture (JSOSA). This is a huge improvement on AppleScript. Why? JavaScript isn't a great language, but it broadly follows the conventions that programming languages of the C/ALGOL family have followed for decades. AppleScript is a horrendous mess that should never have come into being.
TypeIs does what I thought TypeGuard would do in Python
Handy explanation of the difference between TypeGuard and TypeIs. The docs aren’t exactly clear, but this really is.
p3r7/awesome-elisp: A curated list of Emacs Lisp development resources
One of those “awesome list” lists, of all things Emacs Lisp.
The AT Protocol SDK
Python SDK for working with the protocol that underpins Bluesky.
Crafting Interpreters
A guide to building an interpreter for your own language.
One day.... one day.
YAMLScript.org
The programming language nobody ever asked for, not even the author, probably.
![A lisp implementation - Summary [Savannah]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fsavannah.nongnu.org%2Fimages%2FSavannah.theme%2Ffloating.png?width=92&height=&ar=&mode=&format=avif&dpr=2)
A lisp implementation - Summary [Savannah]
Yet another implementation of Common Lisp.
Welcome to Pytest-BDD’s documentation! — Pytest-BDD 7.3.0 documentation
A BDD plugin for use with pytest.
TypeStrong/ts-node: TypeScript execution and REPL for node.js
Useful-looking tool that makes TypeScript usable on the command line, amongst other things.
Hofstadter on Lisp: Atoms and Lists, re-printed in Metamagical Themas.
Well-known person writes about well-known programming language. Actually a good read from a historical perspective.
jank programming language - Clojure/LLVM/C++
A project to create a native code compiler for Clojure.
Perlisisms - "Epigrams in Programming" by Alan J. Perlis
It’s fascinating to see how many of these have no connection to programming today, but also how many do.
Code review antipatterns
While most of the article is written as a joke, I've seen some of these "dark side" approaches for code reviews done by actual people who don't seem to want to use code review to lift everyone.
Saving this so I can relive the trauma.
The comedy and tragedy of detailed feedback
Good opinion piece about code reviews in different environments, contrasting FOSS and corporate styles and impact. I think there’s some good, if obvious, advice in here.
giscus
A widget for blogs and similar that uses GitHub discussions as a comments section. Might be a good idea for my own blog.
How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers
Instagram scaled from 0 to 14 million users in just over a year, from October 2010 to December 2011. They did this with only 3 engineers.
They did this by following 3 key principles and having a reliable tech stack.
The secret inside One Million Checkboxes
A pretty wholesome story of some "hacking"; hacking in the correct and best sense of the word.
Programming, Motherfucker - Do you speak it?
An anti-agile manifesto, pretty much.
LaunchFlow - Docs
Another IfC solution; native to Python.
A Complete Guide To Behavior-Driven Testing With Pytest BDD
A comprehensive guide to getting started with BDD testing with pytest.
How to win at CORS
A comprehensive introduction to CORS.
Rye and uv: August is Harvest Season for Python Packaging
Blog post about the state of Python packaging in 2024, with a particular emphasis on how uv is going (and in part rye too).
Becoming Productive in Haskell