(webdev Tory) @worldsendless@qoto.org

Excellent post and concepts on designing online forms. A coherent articulation of all those things you've been annoyed by. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1455563528933310465.html

@trinsec Definitely not emacs specific! My screenshot was emacs, though, and emacs has been perfecting the art of regexp assistance for as long as I've been alive. Some people actually get started writing them in notepad++, or trying to get them right in their sourcecode without having used an assistant. That is something like walking blindfolded and barefoot through a Lego minefield, and is many people's deal-breaking first experience.

@freemo @trinsec all I did was paste in my regex. Twitter was stupid enough to just display as-is, but Mastodon seems to have outsmarted itself. Is there something I should have done to tell Mastodon to leave it alone?

Whoa! My regexp is being Latex mathified! Is that #mastodon or #qoto doing that? Should I have sidestepped this somehow? Wow... @freemo

For the record, SA = Static Analysis, which is what apparently LSP is all about. Thanks for the comments!
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RT @bbatsov
@borkdude @Endless_WebDev I never thought that they are mutually exclusive, but I know that some people think differently. Of course, the perspective of people if often tied to their personal background the habits that came with it. I agree that combining a REPL with SA can yield great results.
https://twitter.com/bbatsov/status/1452965524573507593

This is a great article elaborating on the benefits of XML vs JSON. Thanks, @allan

@freemo Very interesting! But that's not going to help Mastodon give me chat little green checkmark next to my my Twitter, though

; There's no raw-request-format because it's handled by the DirectSubmission code

on the plus side, I now know this wasn't ommitted by accident. But where is this code at that handles it? #badcomment

Attempting to devise some variation of the `link=me` trick to get Mastodon to recognize my Twitter account... so far, 0/2

Me on Mastodon. Will this work? <a rel="me" href="https://qoto.org/@worldsendless">Mastodon</a>

@freemo I agree. But related, comments shouldn't excuse coders from using code practices that maximize their code's comprehensibility (which, as you pointed out, may have a close limit if it's code for interfacing with external dependencies)

@icedquinn Once again I am left thinking, "Wow... this pointy-eared Quinn knows stuff!"

@allan Why? I'm still trying for an explanation of why I'm not insane

I find a strange urge to defend #XML as having value not covered by #JSON. Even though XML is a pain, and developers hate it. But still... anyone else?

@freemo Excellent point! Interfacing with external services is a comman use-case that should be remembered; negotiations with programs that are not your own are indeed a case where some explanation may me welcome

I love #RSS #feeds, and read them using the excellent #emacs #elfeed. WordPress creates RSS feeds by default, and if you know the trick it's easy to subscribe. But can I suggest people make more obvious links to these? What is an entry-level RSS reader you would recommend for subscribing to RSS feeds, and a pitch for why people should know about this option?

Actually sidestepping the "comments bad" debate, if you can't read your code two weeks later, you have bigger problems. #readablecode