It’s a shame that most of the discussion is about the first part of the essay, impressive as the troubleshooting is.
His discussion of core values is quite interesting, in that it’s both relatively obvious in retrospect yet something I’ve not given conscious thought to.
I’ve certainly thought about programming languages as expressions of intent, and how some attempt to be what I call “kitchen sink” languages, like C++, Java, or JavaScript, while others are much more opinionated about their purpose, like Erlang, Forth or APL.
Also reminds me of the old description of UNIX as user-friendly, just picky about who its friends are.
Exactly my feelings, the first part just shows some good technical skills and flexibility of Emacs but it was the second part that was much more interesting. I too enjoyed the part about values and it gave me some food for thought. I also can tell the author read Sapiens as there are quite a few points that were discussed in the book. Also some of the links in the article are great rabbit holes as well, like the 80000 hours website. A+ writing overall!
His discussion of core values is quite interesting, in that it’s both relatively obvious in retrospect yet something I’ve not given conscious thought to.
I’ve certainly thought about programming languages as expressions of intent, and how some attempt to be what I call “kitchen sink” languages, like C++, Java, or JavaScript, while others are much more opinionated about their purpose, like Erlang, Forth or APL.
Also reminds me of the old description of UNIX as user-friendly, just picky about who its friends are.