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Programmer known as technomancy; author of Leiningen for Clojure and a maintainer of the Fennel Lisp language.
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GNU EmacsSoftware
I do as much as I can in GNU Emacs since it pains me to use monolithic software that can't be modified at runtime. Emacs is the closest you can get on a modern OS (except maybe for Smalltalk) to the dream of the fully-dynamic Lisp Machines of the 80s - you can alter nearly any aspect at runtime without recompiling or even restarting.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
XmonadSoftware
I've also just switched away from stock GNOME to XMonad since I just kept hearing how it's become the canonical implementation of tiling done right. Now I'm wishing I had switched sooner; it makes the classic paradigm just seem so cumbersome in comparison.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
ThinkPad X200sHardware Lenovo
I use a ThinkPad X200s, which is about as light a machine (1.1 kg) as you can get and still have a comfortable full-size keyboard. I prioritize mobility since I work from coffee shops around Seattle about every other day. My laptop has held up really well despite being over 2 years old.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
Debian SqueezeSoftware
Debian's installer is less polished, but I appreciate their conservative get-it-right-at-all-costs approach a lot more these days than when I was in college and had a lot of time to mess around with goofed-up packages.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
ConkerorSoftware
There are still a few things that aren't feasible to be implemented in Emacs Lisp yet, but Conkeror lets me maintain the runtime-modifiable paradigm in the browser.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
LeiningenSoftware
For work I use Leiningen a lot. A lot of people get confused when working with Clojure because Clojure itself is just a library rather than an application, and they expect to interact directly with it.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
mpdSoftware
Outside the dynamic interactive one-big-process environments I'm a big fan of simple orthogonal tools that work well together, so I use xbindkeys for all my launchers and mpd for my tunes.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
pair.ioService
I don't pair as much as I used to, but I've started using pair.io, a service for spinning up ephemeral collaborative programming nodes.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
SkypeSoftware Microsoft
I would like a fully-functional web browser inside Emacs, but the biggest pain point in the software I use now is definitely Skype.
His Uses This interview, arguing for software you can modify at runtime.
2012-01-25·usesthis.com ↗
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