David Wilson
daviwil.bsky.social
David Wilson
@daviwil.bsky.social
Lisp and Scheme hacker, writer, game developer, and Emacs inhabitor living in Athens, Greece.

I make videos about GNU Emacs, GNU Guix, and related topics on the System Crafters channel on YouTube.

https://systemcrafters.net
https://daviwil.com
Reposted by David Wilson
Ironically, I got distracted trying to use #Emacs `org-timer-set-timer` as my #pomodoro timer, because the notification sound was not working on my MacBook. At least I have this #TiL to show for it: charlbotha.com/til/fix-emac...
Fix Emacs sound support on macOS
If trying to play a sound from Emacs, e.g. via play-sound-file or org-notify only gives you a puny beep, and sometimes the error message “This Emacs binary lacks sound support”, add the following to y...
charlbotha.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Reposted by David Wilson
Much gratitude to @daviwil.bsky.social (#emacs users should follow!) of System Crafters for his post systemcrafters.net/emacs-shorts... which put me onto this!

(I used to use org-pomodoro, but I need my org-clocks for full work tracking.)
Emacs Has a Built-in Pomodoro Timer? - System Crafters
systemcrafters.net
January 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Reposted by David Wilson
Thanks to everyone who came to the live stream, it was great!

And again, if you're on the fence about whether or not to donate, PLEASE DONATE! We are a small nonprofit and every dollar goes directly to advancing engineering work to level up the internet. Thank youuuuuu 💜 spritely.institute/donate/
December 6, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Reposted by David Wilson
I wrote a post on Reddit about how @spritelyinst.bsky.social's Goblins is in many ways "Lambda: the Ultimate Actor Model" for those who might be interested in some computer science nerdery www.reddit.com/r/scheme/com...
Concurrency, Actors and immutability
www.reddit.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by David Wilson
In just a couple of hours I'll be giving a live stream interview (and demo!) about @spritelyinst.bsky.social on System Crafters with @daviwil.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsW7...

Tune in! You're not gonna wanna miss it!
Spritely Institute: Building the Future of Decentralized Apps - System Crafters Live!
YouTube video by System Crafters
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December 6, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Have you used Git but still feel you don't really understand it?

Do you wish you understood how Git really works under the hood?

Want to know all the cool techniques that the expert hackers use?

Check out my new "Git Good" workshop here:

systemcrafters.net/courses/git-...

#git #programming
Git Good: From Basics to Beyond in 4 Hours - System Crafters
systemcrafters.net
November 27, 2024 at 4:17 PM
At the mall, hacking Emacs Lisp on my phone. Have I gone too far?
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 AM
I guess more people are using this now? Are you?
November 15, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Staking my claim on this site before the land rush kicks off!
February 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM