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jtoledoon Why are there both TMP and TEMP environment variables? (2015)

I've already created a 'NULL' file, but it was not a Unix thing... It was just because I got confused if it was NULL as in the programming languages I usually use.

jtoledoon I made a thing to help you make a thing out of a keypad

What matters is the journey, what you learn on the way...

jtoledoon Show HN: Assembly: A Pythonic Object-Oriented Web Framework Built on Flask

But it would sound really sexy to be able to say that "I've build that using Assembly" :)

jtoledoon Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?

That was great!

jtoledoon Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem

"He didn't know it was impossible, so he did it".

That's one of best motto I've ever heard!

jtoledoon Leo Editor

Thanks! Today I use Excel to track my accounts, but I've been looking for alternatives... Now I'll evaluate your idea.

jtoledoon Leo Editor

Interesting! How do you keep transaction records?

jtoledoon Firefox 56: Last Stop Before Quantum

I've tried Developer's Edition, but gave up when I saw that Vimperator would not work on it.

jtoledoon Build Your Own Text Editor

A long time ago I put some components together and built ProgEdit using Delphi, with resources that reminded me of SideKick Plus.

I've used that editor daily to write source code, mainly in Clipper, and I think some of my coworkers used that too.

But then I moved on and knew vi, and now I can't take my hands from the center row :)

ProgEdit: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cpstools/

SynEdit, the base of the editor: https://github.com/SynEdit/SynEdit (confession: I was only a user of SynEdit, not a developer).