roman-kashitsyn

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by roman-kashitsyn 3mo ago
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-source after all.
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by roman-kashitsyn 3mo ago
> 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: impaired working memory. > лишили лилии That’s a tou
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by roman-kashitsyn 3mo ago
> 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, I type it or (on special occasions) write it one letter
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by roman-kashitsyn 1y ago
> 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 unbiased, rational mind and make an engineerin
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by roman-kashitsyn 1y ago
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 has nothing to do with intelligence level. BTW, I identify
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
This article explores the possibility that our technology choices depend more on our upbringing than rational choice.
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Static Types Are for Perfectionists(mmapped.blog)
2 points by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago|1 comments
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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 extra call to stat and a few extra file seeks. > Rea
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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, but I want to try it out one day. If you’re interested in l
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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 even after a coupl
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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 accounting and helped me understand finance a
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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 happen to have a box with a license at
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
> But once in a w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶ while Thanks, fixed! It's “occasionally” now. Even Grammarly didn’t find it :(
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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 deliberately removed programming languages from candidates for severa
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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 all the packages in the ecosystem. There are adapters for Ma
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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 easy it is to get stuff done if somebody sets up the rules f
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
Fixed, thanks for reporting!
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by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago
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. I call such software enlightenmentware. In this article, I
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Enlightenmentware(mmapped.blog)
7 points by roman-kashitsyn 2y ago|1 comments