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Where parallels cross
Personal blog · ag91.github.io/blogprogramming
Where parallels cross is a personal blog at ag91.github.io about programming. Since 2021, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-09-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its posts on Emacs, including moldable development, an idea for keeping long-lived software maintainable, and on pairing Emacs with the Nyxt browser. The comments only point to posts without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
There's a bit more explanation of the idea in this blog post: https://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/06/18/moldable-emacs-vision... At least as I understand it, the basic problem tools like this are trying to solve is the tendency of long-lived software projects to become increasingly difficult to maintain. We tend to like to blame this the use of outdated tools or programming practices. Moldable development argues that,…
Comment linking /blog/2021/06/18/moldable-emacs-vision-basic-concepts-and-design/
on “Moldable Emacs: Vega-Lite, Nyxt and Emacs Towards Sustainable Development”Submitted Moldable Emacs: Vega-Lite, Nyxt and Emacs Towards Sustainable Development as a story · 99 points
HN discussionOh, that is too bad. After hearing this, I decided to do a little searching around to see if I could find an open-source browser that is more active. I found Nyxt. URL: https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/ source: https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt license: BSD-3 & Creative Commons Also, if you are an emacs fan: https://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/06/08/emacs-nyxt-and-engine... From their FAQ: https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/f…
Comment linking /blog/2021/06/08/emacs-nyxt-and-engine-mode-how-to-browse-urls-via-nyxt-and-slime/
on “Ask HN: Any Decent Firefox Alternatives?”Submitted Moldable Emacs: let's make English easy to query as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Web Browsing in Common Lisp: Nyxt and Emacs as a story · 2 points
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