Visualization is a spectrum: from exploratory to explanatory. — 10 Years of Open-Source Visualization

Git is my buddy: Effective Git as a solo developer. #git

Vim text-objects for Python development. #vim

I’ve come to believe that working through something is the only way to explore the idea maze. Everything else is commentary. I’ve mostly stopped sharing unsolicited “helpful” just-a-thoughts and comments at work. — Commenting vs. making

It’s easy to view yourself as “not a real programmer.” There are programs out there that everyone uses, and it’s easy to put their developers on a pedestal. Although developing large software projects isn’t easy, many times the basic idea of that software is quite simple. Implementing it yourself is a fun way to show that you have what it takes to be a real programmer. — Write a Shell in C

I believe I now need to give it a try: sklearn-clj. #python #clojure

Modernizing the OpenBSD console. #unix

Here’s the newcomer!

sectorlisp is an effort to bootstrap John McCarthy’s meta-circular evaluator on bare metal from a 512-byte boot sector. #lisp

Syncing my website (generated via Hugo): Transmit on macOS takes so much time (up to 5 min) compared to rsync (less than 20 sec). WTF?! Time to switch I guess.