TypeChat(microsoft.github.io)

482 points by DanRosenwasser 3 years ago | 145 comments

Microsoft blog post introducing TypeChat, an experimental library that uses TypeScript type definitions to get type-safe structured responses from LLMs.

A Faster Alternative to Jq(micahkepe.com)

358 points by pistolario 7 months ago | 226 comments

Blog post introducing jsongrep, a JSON query tool, explaining its automata-based search engine and benchmarks against jq, jmespath, jsonpath-rust, and jql.

LaTeX for tabletop(vladar.bearblog.dev)

129 points by gaws 3 years ago | 51 comments

TypedDicts are better than you think(blog.changs.co.uk)

117 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 89 comments

Hot-wiring the Lisp machine(scheatkode.com)

28 points by spudlyo 6 months ago | 2 comments

The LD_DEBUG environment variable (2012)(bnikolic.co.uk)

72 points by tanelpoder 4 months ago | 7 comments

Typst: A Possible LaTeX Replacement(lwn.net)

697 points by pykello 1 year ago | 344 comments

LWN.net article by Lee Phillips examining Typst, an Apache-licensed Rust document typesetting program positioned as a simpler, faster alternative to LaTeX.

Typst: An easy to learn alternative for LaTex(github.com)

550 points by vogu66 2 years ago | 166 comments

GitHub repository for Typst, a new markup-based typesetting system positioned as an easier-to-learn alternative to LaTeX.

Writing that changed how I think about programming languages(bernsteinbear.com)

388 points by r4um 1 year ago | 48 comments

A blog post listing papers, posts, and videos on programming languages and compilers that changed the author's thinking, with short commentary on each.

Cognitive load is what matters(github.com)

1392 points by nromiun 1 year ago | 488 comments

GitHub repository by zakirullin containing an essay arguing that reducing cognitive load is what matters most in software development, with translations.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

A 17th-century font in a 21st-century thesis(linyangchen.com)

453 points by _emacsomancer_ 3 years ago | 124 comments

Personal blog post by Lin Yangchen about typesetting a thesis in the 17th-century Fell Types font instead of uniform digital fonts like Caslon and Garamond.