kangaroopouch

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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
In the context of the linked article "velocity" is defined to be "Short and focused release cycles, aligned personpower, leveraging the community effectively". I think VS Code exhibits this value.
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
If you're interested in a reliably-quick-to-start editor, and prefer the Emacs ecosystem, consider https://www.gnu.org/software/zile/ . It's built for that purpose.
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
> But are there any other reasons, technical or otherwise, why people don't seem to use VSCode for things beyond editing code? The best answer I've seen to this question is https://www.murilopereira.com/the-valu
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
Ah it sits between the intro ( https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/eintr.ht... ) and the reference manual.
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
Great to see resources being created for Emacs. How does this compare to https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/in... ? That's a great manual and available in Info format (po
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
"If You're Typing The Letters A-E-S Into Your Code, You're Doing It Wrong" still applies, even though we now type chacha20. https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~daw/teaching/cs261-f12/mis...
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
Which facts are discussed and shared is itself a function of bias. Thus, seeking facts without considering bias is a recipe for bias.
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
On the one hand, I like this idea. On the other hand, I prefer to avoid linking identities, especially in a publicly visible way. I see how it's useful for those that do!
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by kangaroopouch 5y ago
I'm comfortable with Emacs for programming, Org and RSS. I've tried using email from Emacs a number of times, but never had a setup that I stick with. All modes that used IMAP would block. notmuch.el was nice but distributed read-