why is it so useful? i find myself commenting out arguments to a function to try a thing _all the time_
folks like to say programming languages are designed to be read not written. but code is meant to be futzed with.
Going back and forth between released and pre-release #swift compilers made me realize just how small but impactful an improvement this is to my workflow.
I’m not going to say there’s a lot of overlap between digital preservation librarianship and knitting, because this post says it more clearly than I ever could. https://digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-through-digital-decay-a-collection-of-digital-preservation-jumpers-no-one-asked-for-but-478c48009521
Via @Researchbuzz
@noracodes My friend’s three-year-old’s version: ‘This is easy, dad. You go “type, type, type,” and it goes “‘‘pute, ‘pute, ‘pute” ‘.
an ominous I-am-under-NDA-coded warning to immediately uninstall atop has been posted by a reputable tech blogger. https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/25/atop/
@lizzy or a secret third thing: the compiler is doing something seriously fucky
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