Re: [dev] Is there a text editor following the UNIX philosophy?

From: <201009-suckless_AT_planhack.com>
Date: 13 Feb 22 00:04 EST

> I can get away with a less powerful shell as long as it has tab
> completion. Tab completion just saves so much time.

Directly typing into a shell is a red flag. ie. a shell is just another REPL and should be driven by your editor.

This a) documents your work, and b) toggles the developer bit in your brain, so you think about reuse and safety.

Literate programming has been a big win in my devops-ish world.


Patrick
Received on Sun Feb 13 2022 - 06:04:00 CET