Running Emacs in microVM
smolBSD makes it easy to spin up tiny, fast-booting NetBSD VMs.
Recently, I needed to test a full build of my C networking library together with the C build toolchain under NetBSD. Everything is fine on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu) and macOS—I just want to confirm it …
Emacs, Dired, and Ubuntu 26.04
After a clean install of Ubuntu 26.04, Emacs Dired began showing chaotic, unsorted directory listings. The problem isn't Emacs 30.2—it's a known issue in the new Rust coreutils.
Just recently I upgraded one of my Dell laptops to the latest Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with a clean install. The installation process was smooth and enjoyable.
Ubuntu 26.04 ships with Emacs 30.2, which made …
Debugging in Emacs
Many experienced Emacs users still switch to CLion or Visual Studio when it's time to debug their C or C++ code.
Introduction
In my years of using Emacs, I’ve noticed a common pattern: developers who are highly proficient at editing source code in Emacs switch to a “normal IDE” (as they call …
Emacs, Software Development, and LLM
Built my entire first open-source C++ library completely inside Emacs — no IDE, just pure Emacs. Then r/cpp rejected the announcement because “the whole project is LLM-generated slop.” Welcome to the new normal.
Part 1. Emacs and Software Development
Just a couple of days ago, I published on GitHub my first open-source project, the TEC library, a lightweight and fast C++ framework designed for efficient …
My Emacs IBuffer Configuration
Buffer grouping in Emacs
I recently came across a Reddit post titled How to group buffers that are important to visit later which discusses various methods for buffer grouping in Emacs.
In the comments, which are typically …