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Scrapbook Craftsmanship In Developer Tools

• A collection of small touches I enjoyed.
• [[Elm]]: the compiler is incredibly helpful with friendly language -- and clear instructions with what's going wrong.
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  • I was particularly impressed by how the mismatching types are gently highlighted.
• [[Github]]: Editing workflows uses a smart editor that makes it much easier to author; I regret trying to this manually when I first started using Github Actions.
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  • Cron strings get a nice highlight indicating there's something useful; hovering converts the value to a human readable message.
  • If I had to tweak this further I'd probably make it always visible (dismissable) on the side instead of an explicit hover. **

— Kunal