The Ascetic Programmer

The Ascetic Programmer

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The Book about asceticism in programming, statistics and the arts: https://asceticprogrammer.info

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The Ascetic Programmer
@asceticprogrammer.info

Like my old Rdiff but done right!

Guillaume Laforge@glaforge.dev

Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax difftastic.wilfred.me.uk Instead of looking line by line, or per character changes in a line, it really understands the structure of the code modifications (like formatting changes, wrapping, etc.)

difftastic.wilfred.me.ukDifftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntaxDifftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax
The Ascetic Programmer
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The problem for me was that if the patch format is insufficient to describe the difference between two trees how can you possibly integrate a structural diff with version control? I am not clear if difftastic tackles this problem at all.

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Matt Round
@mattround.com

I love the stage of game dev where you spot ways to add little touches with a few lines of code, eg I just added a sunset in 2 mins

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TheGoodParts.dev
@thegoodparts.dev

The code you write makes you a programmer. The code you delete makes you a good one. The code you don't have to write makes you a great one. -- Mario Fusco

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Bluesky
@bsky.app

Today, we’re excited to announce that the Bluesky network is federating, or opening up in a way that allows you to host your own data! Read more here for how this will affect your experience on Bluesky (in short: it won’t) and why this matters.  bsky.social/about/blog/0...

bsky.socialBluesky: An Open Social Web - BlueskyToday, we’re excited to announce that the Bluesky network is federating, or opening up in a way that allows you to host your own data.

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daniel holmgren 🫠
@dholms.at

this is the last time i'll ever say this where it means something new: just federated 😳

daniel holmgren 🫠@dholms.at

was gunshy yesterday about migrating my main account to my self-hosted PDS but then it came to me in a dream and i was no longer afraid

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Carl Zimmer
@carlzimmer.com

It's the time of the year for picking the top science stories of 2023. There were triumphs, yes. But for my newsletter, I pick a different kind of story: the struggle to bring back the American chestnut tree, and what it really takes to address the extinction crisis. buttondown.email/carlzimmer/a...

The Ascetic Programmer
@asceticprogrammer.info

"We are pushing towards federation on the production network early next year (2024}". That's what I wanted to hear.

AT Protocol Developers@atproto.com

2023 Protocol Roadmap — just published on the dev blog! This blog is written for developers already familiar with atproto concepts and terminology. We are pushing towards federation on the production network early next year (2024), if development continues as planned.

atproto.com2023 Protocol Roadmap | AT ProtocolThis post lays out the current AT Protocol development plan through the end of 2023
The Ascetic Programmer
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Another ascetic genome is Utricularia Gibba's but that's a plant and its genome is some 160x the bacterium's described in this paper. Nonetheless it is much smaller than close relatives and deprived of so-called junk-DNA, supporting the idea that junk-DNA isn't necessary.

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