Lobster Roll

Stories by zem

Large US company came after me for releasing a free open-source alternative (old.reddit.com)
Graphite: Redefining state-of-the-art graphics editing (graphite.rs)
I Built This Website Using Racket. Here's What I Can Do Now (sagegerard.com)
Rust is mostly safety (graydon2.dreamwidth.org)
Why did ArchLinux embrace systemd? (reddit.com)
with: Command line prefixing for single-tool workflows (github.com)
Example makes it clearer: $ with git git> add . git> commit -a -m "Commited" git> push
Announcing Remacs: Porting Emacs to Rust (wilfred.me.uk)
Why is a Rust executable large? (lifthrasiir.github.io)
PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports (discuss.python.org)
caramel: An erlang backend for ocaml (github.com)
IntelliJ Rust Plugin now officially supported by JetBrains (intellij-rust.github.io)
What are some niche features you'd like to see in more languages? (reddit.com)
A good discussion on /r/programminglanguages
Getting Started with OCaml in 2021 (lambdafoo.com)
asdf-vm: A unified version manager for multiple languages (github.com)
Dad And The Egg Controller (pentadact.com)
Tectonic: a complete, modernized, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine (users.rust-lang.org)
Markdeep (casual-effects.com)
Sxmo: Simple X Mobile - A Pinephone UI that is simple and suckless (sr.ht)
Modest: A pure C99 HTML renderer (lexborisov.github.io)
The Rosie Pattern Language (rosie-lang.org)
Rosie is a regex replacement based on parsing expression grammars
REXPaint - A powerful and user-friendly ASCII art editor (gridsagegames.com)
> Use a wide variety of tools to create ANSI block/line art, roguelike mockups and maps, UI layouts, and for other game development needs. Originally an in-house dev tool used by Grid Sage Games for traditional roguelike development
Corrode: A C -> Rust translator in literate haskell (github.com)
The super tiny compiler (github.com)
How is Ruby Different in Japan? (engineering.appfolio.com)
DOS haven : modern DOS games, new games for DOS (doshaven.eu)
Humble Book Bundle: Joy of Coding presented by No Starch Press (humblebundle.com)
Minimum Viable Phoenix (petecorey.com)
Introducing fac: A new build system by David Roundy (of darcs fame) (physics.oregonstate.edu)
Elite for Emacs (2015) (salkosuo.net)
Racket->Rhombus: To Sexp or not to Sexp? (gopiandcode.uk)