Mark Malstrom markmals

My call for Kotlin as a major frontend language

I try to push for quite a long time for first class support for WebAssembly in Kotlin because I really believe that frontend development is a domain where Kotlin can be as strong as in mobile, and because this is something that would also help to increase even more the adoption on server-side.

I truly appreciate all the work already done by Kotlin/JS and Kotlin/Native teams. The dead code elimination tool and the initial WebAssembly support in Kotlin/Native are important steps in the right direction. But I believe that Kotlin needs now to make frontend a real priority to take it to the next level.

Need for a consistent and unified web frontend strategy

The first point I would like to raise is that what Kotlin needs IMO is a consistent strategy about web frontend wich includes both Javascript and WebAssembly related efforts. I can u

State of String: ABI, Performance, Ergonomics, and You!

Hello, I’ve been working on implementing, optimizing, and improving String in preparation for ABI stability, and I thought I’d share the current status of String in Swift 5 and some potential directions to go. This is the product of conversations with open source contributors and my colleagues on the Swift standard library team at Apple.

The primary area of focus is stabilizing String’s ABI, but we’d be remiss if we couldn’t also fit in performance and ergonomic improvements. String’s ergonomics in particular is one area where we think the status quo is woefully inadequate, and over half of this email is devoted to that topic. At the end, there’s a section about a community initiative that we hope can help users of String as well as guide future development.

(Note: I’m sending this to swift-dev because much of the contents revolve around implementation concerns. I’ll also cross-reference on swift-evolution and swift-users. See also the [StringManife

How to Enable Wi-Fi on MacBook, Mac Mini, MacBook Air for Ubuntu/Linux OS

By default older Mac computer models have driver issues with the Broadcom Wi-Fi chip. Most instructions online (such as this one from the official Ubuntu docs @ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macmini5-1/Precise) suggest to use sudo apt-get and install these packages from the PPA.

BUT you don't have Internet so you can't use apt-get! Instead you can use a different computer to download the packages, then transfer them over.

In the instructions below, you will need to replace sid in the download URL's with the proper version of Debian your version of Ubuntu/Linux is using. To find which version you should use, you can view the chart at https://askubuntu.com/questions/445487/what-debian-version-are-the-different-ubuntu-versions-based-on#445496. If you're using jessie for example, then replace all sid with jessie in the links below.

Download b43-fwcutter @ (*

	import JavaScriptCore

	extension JSContext {
	subscript(key: String) -> Any {
	get {
	return self.objectForKeyedSubscript(key) as Any
	}
	set{
	self.setObject(newValue, forKeyedSubscript: key as NSCopying & NSObjectProtocol)
	}

	.PHONY: install uninstall test set-default

	test:
	sudo apt install plymouth-x11
	sudo plymouthd ; sudo plymouth --show-splash ; for ((I=0; I<10; I++)); do sleep 1 ; sudo plymouth --update=test$I ; done ; sudo plymouth --quit

	uninstall:
	rm -rv /usr/share/plymouth/themes/first \|\| true

	install: uninstall

	<html>

	<head>
	<script>
	customElements.define("star-wars-planets", class extends HTMLElement {
	constructor() {
	super();
	this.attachShadow({ mode: "open" });
	}
	static get observedAttributes() { return ["loading", "planets"]; }

	import UIKit
	import CoreServices
	import ImageIO

	class Writer {

	let output = NSTemporaryDirectory().appending("output.heic")
	lazy var outputUrl: CFURL = {
	return URL(fileURLWithPath: output) as CFURL
	}()

	import Foundation

	/// `StringScanner` is a fast scanner for Strings and String-like objects.
	/// It's used to extract structured bits from unstructured strings, while
	/// avoiding making extra copies of string bits until absolutely necessary.
	/// You can build Scanners over Substrings, allowing you to scan
	/// parts of strings and use smaller, more specialized scanners to extract bits
	/// of that String without needing to reuse another scanner.
	public struct StringScanner<Input: StringProtocol> {
	let input: Input

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# Installs ffmpeg from source (HEAD) with libaom and libx265, as well as a few
	# other common libraries
	# binary will be at ~/bin/ffmpeg

	sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

	mkdir -p ~/ffmpeg_sources ~/bin
	export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"

	# Homebrew and Cask

	Install the XCode command line tools by running `xcode-select --install` in the terminal.

	Install Homebrew by following the instructions on the [homebrew website](http://brew.sh).

	Install Cask by following the instructions on the [cask website](https://caskroom.github.io).


	# Applications