Idle puzzles 2: Revenge of the Shift. #lisp

… there are thousands of reusable patterns I’ve picked up … Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten about 95% of them. … The point is to reflect on what actually stuck, so that others may save time by spending their time learning what is more likely to stick. — Practical Shell Patterns I Actually Use (via John D. Cook)

xsv: A fast CSV command line toolkit written in Rust. Handy (and faster) alternative to csvkit.

Bayesian Modeling and Computation in Python. #python #statistics

IRC technology news from the second half of 2021.

During discussions with my friends and colleagues, whenever the topic of chat protocols comes up, I often remark how simple the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol is and how this simplicity has fostered creativity in the lives of many young computer hobbyists growing up in the late 1990s and early 2000s. — Simplicity of IRC

Finally:

Summary of the morning cooking session.

Fast and Elegant Clojure: Idiomatic Clojure without sacrificing performance. #clojure

First Steps With Clojure. #clojure