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New comment by top_coder in "A History of IDEs at Google"

top_coder — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:26:58 +0000

Famously Jeff Dean uses emacs. Emacs integration to internal systems (source code, code search, LSP, build, etc) was super solid when I was there ~2020.

New comment by top_coder in "We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes"

top_coder — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 03:37:22 +0000

Maybe because 360 is already divisible by 6, so 720 is not much of an upgrade over 5!. 7! On the other hand adds another prime factor to it.

New comment by top_coder in "What really happens inside a dating app"

top_coder — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:38:04 +0000

Ok I understood the Aloha shirt —> people thinking you’re a TJ employee —> asking for help connections. I feel there is quite a gap between here —-> getting a date. How does that work?

New comment by top_coder in "DIY Espresso (2020)"

top_coder — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:07:00 +0000

> - Cheap

You’re ignoring the grinder, which in my opinion is the most important part of home espresso making. Add at least 200USD for a good quality manual burr grinder.

New comment by top_coder in "FlexBuffers"

top_coder — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:30:30 +0000

Could you point to documentation on how does Cap'n Proto achieve this? Does it keep a header with offsets of bye positions for individual fields? What happens when a variable sized field is edited?

New comment by top_coder in "Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities"

top_coder — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:42:16 +0000

Have you considered Emacs + Org-mode? Works wherever Emacs works (Linux, Mac) and there are apps for Android and iOS. Org files are basically text files that you can commit to git or sync via Google drive, Dropbox, OneDrive etc. Not exactly markdown but GitHub renders org file pretty well.

After trying out multiple note taking apps this is what I settled on. You can use it as simple as a note taking app or configure it to do lots of complicated things like managing your to-dos, appointments, agendas. And my favorite feature is inline code-block that I can execute.

New comment by top_coder in "North American Object Storage Service Impact"

top_coder — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:45:35 +0000

One's cloud is someone else's hardware sitting on a basement.