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I haven't tried this project, but did switch to vterm from shell-mode a while back because it managed to fix most of the paper cuts when using shell-mode. I also used to create a l…

This kind of framework helps to optimize a bit for returning hypertext (iow HTML snippets) rather than leveraging a frontend system that only interfaces with the backend via an API…

Writing post-mortems is generally pretty kludgy. You might have a Slack bot that records the big picture items, but ideally, a post-mortem would include connections to the nitty-gr…

After dealing with the current state of affairs regarding the front end, I think this is pretty interesting. I've been writing Go web apps with templ and htmx. I've punted on deali…

While I can't say this is true for vim, in Emacs, I found that the customizability helps for a lot of different programing tasks. I run my terminals in Emacs and they are associate…

I don't know if I fully grok the web components described by the author. I did find that using templ with Go makes it reasonable to have components you can inject some logic and st…

I had a similar thought when I first looked at it, but then I thought about my browser history and URL bar. It is sort of a lot of work to open files to write scripts, keep them or…

Chet is meant to be a helpful big brother that keeps track of how long commands take to run. It stores the timings in a local SQLite database so you can run queries to find opportu…

Personally, I think it is more convenient to think about things like this (ie firewall rules) as data, which makes the use of an API a convenient way to work with the data. The con…

Most services that might be considered "backends" (ie databases, queues, cloud services) end up being in written in languages that can safely use async techniques for I/O and still…

While I don't know node.js very well and can't speak to the "shared memory server", I do think it is valid to point out that this sort of redesign to fit the platform is frustratin…

As an emacs user, it is ironic I mention this tip! You can use Control + [ as an alternative to using ESC in Vim. This solved my reluctance to reach for the ESC key in the far reac…

It is really a chicken and egg problem. On the one hand, it would be good to refactor the code to help write some tests. On the other hand, you really shouldn't refactor the code w…

I've felt the same way at times until I realized the issue is just my perspective. OO provides an organizational tool for organizing functions and variables. The same thing can oft…

One thing that is challenging in managing the boundaries is that often times our languages don't prescribe enough layering. We usually have modules, classes / functions and methods…

At some point I think it is important as a programmer to take pride not only in the result of the code, but the code itself. Efficiently managing a project can and should be reward…

The thing about techcrunch's response is that the guy doesn't even try to make something work. If Ycombinator and other start ups decided to stop doing anything with techcrunch it …

Do they provide a simple app that you can use easily with a phone? I'd say the "social" aspects are where the benefit is. Being able to let one person pay the bill and everyone els…

One caveat before commenting is that I haven't written a major app in Node.js and I use Python most of the time (vs. Java). I don't think the decision to use Node.js should be base…

I agree that for the most part this is correct. But, I also would argue that some aspects of a language can lend itself to more organized code. The include statement is one example…

Personally, I'd avoid node.js. It is most definitely cool, interesting and has been proving itself useful, but (!) there are a lot of details that won't come up until you really ne…

Hopefully the folks at Heroku see this comment as the idea for a cutoff rate is really good. I'm not sure cutting the bill in half is necessary, but describing the real costs of th…

I like your perspective on this design decision as it seems to make clear what the intent could be. Alex reveals that the difference in Python is not so much the syntax as much as …