To relax I read the patches submitted to the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Which got me thinking - why is this still in email form? (Not that it plain text email bothers me - I love it!)
So I started looking for answers:
- Why kernel development still uses email (2016)
- Relying on plain-text email is a ‘barrier to entry’ for kernel development, says Linux Foundation board member (2020)
- Kernel Recipes 2016 - Patches carved into stone tablets… - Greg KH
and more discoveries along the way
- Kernel news by Bootlin
- browse kernel source
- Kernel Newbies Community
- ‘It’s really hard to find maintainers…’ Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux(2020)
- Greg Kroah-Hartman AMA and his desktop:
And Now for Something Completely Different
- DHH seems to enjoy TextMate - I’ve never used it (I’m an Emacs person) - Finding The Last Editor
- Something that resonates:
I want to write my code in a plain text editor, and let that constraint force me to design programs and frameworks that require nothing more. It’s amazing how sensitive you become to extraneous elements when you literally have to type all of them by hand.
- DHH on Finished Software