Notices by Marijn (marijn@mastodon.social)

I published a thing: Lezer, an incremental, error-recovering, GLR parser system. Now with npm packages and docs! https://lezer.codemirror.net/

Linux on the desktop: because it's easier to accept community-driven brokenness than profit-driven misbehavior

"No it's pronounced Marijn, with an ij as in Dijkstra"

Going to use this all the time with computer people from now on

This toot was brought to you by the fact that I just heard someone pronounce it Dickstra

Don't be. You're doing valuable work and there's no need to let people stress you out for free. I set an expectation that commercial users pay me on my project's web sites now.

I might help non-paying users, because they found interesting bugs, or there's money left over from paying users, or because I'm feeling nice, but I don't have to—my time is valuable, and I don't owe random consumers of my work anything.

We're seeking visually impaired or blind people with coding experience who want to help ensure solid screen reader behavior in a new iteration of the CodeMirror in-browser code editor. Accessibility in the previous iteration is terrible, and I want to do better this time around.

If you're prepared to answer questions about coding while blind, or to test-drive the current prototype of the editor, please get in touch here or via marijn@haverbeke.nl

You're all invited to read the full draft of Eloquent JavaScript's 3rd edition: https://eloquentjavascript.net/3rd_edition/

Finishing touches are still ongoing, but this should be a readable text.

If you started writing on medium.com because 'why not' and 'it's a slick process', consider the fact that the company has started pestering readers to sign up with pop-overs.

VC funded companies are not public works. Their investors will want that $134 million back.