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What version of Chrome do you use? The images are encoded in .webp for compactness; I hoped that most of the browsers in use support this format, but I might have to go multi-sourc…

> I always underline ш and write a line over т (which looks like m) to distinguish them I used to do it as well! But I gave up on it for the same reasons I described in the article…

> In text, as in code, I prefer to optimize for easy reading rather than faster writing. Author here! It really depends on what you write. When I write something for others to read…

> you shouldn't make decisions on how to develop aerospace software based on how "authentic" the development process feels. You don’t just land in an aerospace company with an unbi…

Author here. > because whoever is different from, and possibly smarter than, you is obviously autistic I’m not sure how you came to this conclusion from the text I wrote. Autism ha…

This article explores the possibility that our technology choices depend more on our upbringing than rational choice.

Those are good points; thanks for raising them! > Not for writing. But you'll have fun reading this file. Regular file reads aren’t much more complicated; they require only one ext…

I believe Sam is a predecessor of Acme[1][2], which still attracts new users today. One of its notable users is Russ Cox, the tech lead of the Golang team. I haven’t used Acme yet,…

Nice! I used https://wiki.systemcrafters.net/emacs/org-roam/ for a while but switched to LogSeq ( https://logseq.com/ ) because org-roam was buggy. I like working with LogSeq, but …

I worked with John Wiegley for a couple of years and discovered one of his projects, Ledger ( https://ledger-cli.org/ ), during our conversations. This tool taught me double-entry …

I was thinking about including Mathematica as enlightenmentware. Mathematica 6 ( https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/newin6/ ) was the first truly interactive system I used (we hap…

> But once in a w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶ while Thanks, fixed! It's “occasionally” now. Even Grammarly didn’t find it :(

Haskell was one of my most important discoveries; it affected my thinking and approach to software engineering the most. However, as I mentioned in the opening section, I deliberat…

I tried God Mode and Evil several times, but it never ended well. Mostly because of the muscle memory I accumulated over a decade. Evil is fantastic, but it doesn’t play well with …

Bazel confused the hell out of me at first, and I think the two-phase execution model (the “plan-execute pattern” as I called it) is to blame. My favorite thing about Bazel is how …

Fixed, thanks for reporting!

Once in a white, we discover a piece of software that transcends mere utility. These tools capture our imagination, open new possibilities, and affect how we design our own systems…