ANSI cl like python-slicing lisp read macro
Comparing slicing a list/array in Python vs Common Lisp, and showing how you might do Python-like slicing in Common Lisp.
Gleam programming language
Another programming language that I'd like to play with but probably won't ever play with.
Jules - Google's Coding Agent
Google's got in on the coding agent lark.
A modern guide to SQL JOINs
A useful-looking guide to SQL joins.
Composing Text in Emacs: Unicode, Emojis, and the Power of C-x 8 | Rahul's Blog
Good overview of how to compose various characters in Emacs.
How to Make an Emacs Minor Mode
A good looking tutorial on how to make a minor mode in and for Emacs.
Charm Ruby - Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby
Charm gives Ruby its own Textual. Nice!
Emacs Lisp Elements
Book about Emacs Lisp programming.
web2py/pydal: A pure Python Database Abstraction Layer
A fairly neat-looking DAL/ORM for Python.
Please Just Fucking Try HTMX
I really should try HTMX one day...
QQQLANG
This... is awesome. Sit someone in front of this, let them mash the keyboard, fun happens.
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
React doing React things...
Pony Tutorial
I doubt I'll ever have a need for it, but there's something about Pony that looks interesting. I think I might have to dabble at some point...
.Net devs argue with Copilot in a PR...
Folk on the .Net team having an argument with Copilot is the most funny thing to me at the moment.
Paged Out!
I miss good geeky programming magazines. This looks like just the thing. Also it's free online, has RSS, has PDFs, etc; and you can buy a printed copy if you wish. Nice!
AI will write your next compiler!
The blog post that explains the background of the horrific Ocaml AI-written PR. Honestly... this feels like some post hoc rationalisation cope rather than a coming clean of an honest attempt to test something out.
I'm not convinced at all.
AI World Clocks
Pretty funny site that gives an indication at how good various LLMs are at understanding a request to write some code.
A Commentary on the Sixth Edition Unix Operating System
I've owned a copy of Lions' for a long time; perhaps 25 years at the time of writing. I'm pretty sure it was one of the firts books I ordered from this wee book-selling website called Amazon, back in 1999.
Here's an online version.
"Director of AI at Tesla" apparently doesn't VC or backup
So the "Director of AI at Tesla" appears to be in the habit of not committing code for at least 2 months at a time, and doesn't do backups... O_o
Everything I know about good API design
Interesting article to consider when thinking about what is and isn't a good API design.
Mistakes I see engineers making in their code reviews | Hacker News
Interesting article relating to ideas on how to conduct a good code review. I've chosen to link to the Hacker News thread where I first found it, rather than the blog post itself, because this is one of those HN threads where the comments are a worthwhile read too.
Electrobun | Electrobun
A framework for building desktop applications in TypeScript, it seems. I don't think I've quite been grabbed by TypeScript yet, but this could push me over the edge into trying to properly get to grips with it as I can think of some desktop applications that I'd like to build.
Conventional Commits
I've seen this style of commit on and off for a while now. I'm not a huge fan, but I get the idea. What I hadn't realised is that there was a "standard" behind this and even some documentation for it.
TIL: Python's splitlines does a lot more than just newlines
str.splitlines is obvious in what it does, so I don't think I've ever looked at what it actually does. It doesn't do quite what I originally thought it did.
SLip - a Lisp system in JavaScript, for browsers
A Lisp for the browser that is starting to look a lot like a Common Lisp; and on top of which an Emacs is being built, FOR THE BROWSER!
Open Source Insights
Handy site, backed by Google, that lets you dive into packages from different ecosystems and see what they depend on and what depends on them, etc.
Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses
Good article covering all the exceptions to the "an address is simple" rule.
I just started out as a product manager, do I need programming knowledge? : r/ProductManagement
I've recently been thinking more and more about what sort of technical awareness a product manager should have; r/ProductManagemtn seemed like a good place to go read up...
The Koka Programming Language
Interesting-looking functional programming language.
stelvio.dev: AWS for Python devs - made simple
A Python library that also builds out your deployment too.
The whole IAC thing bothers me because people say "code" but it's almost never actually code. This looks like it might end up actually putting the code in IAC.