No Naked Excepts
You probably shouldn’t be using except: or except Exception: in
Python, sometimes called ‘catch-all exceptions’ or ‘naked excepts’.
Adventures in Multi Paradigm Programming
It’s remarkable just how many types of programming are possible with Emacs lisp. In fact, it’s hard to find a style of programming that isn’t possible. I’ve translated a few examples from other languages into elisp to showcase this diversity.
Essential Elisp Libraries
Recently, I’ve been writing a lot of Emacs Lisp. I’ve been trying to write as many of my own tools as possible in elisp, to see what the language works well at and what it doesn’t do well.
Why Markdown Is Not My Favourite Language
Markdown is fast approaching ubiquity. In addition to massive sites such as GitHub and Stack Overflow using it, it’s a default choice for many developers for everything from comments to wikis.