I see parenthetical expressions overused all over the internet, especially in HN comments. (Don't worry, I do it sometimes, too.) A browser extension to collapse or strike through parenthetical text nested beyond a configurable level might be handy.
To go along with (2), "C-h k <KEY SEQUENCE>" and "M-x view-lossage" are excellent starting points for investigating what any key stroke means. From there, one can follow links in function and variable help all the way to the relevant elisp definitions.
If only that ease of hood-popping were more common.
I’m a Rust dev so Zed looked like a win for me (my Elisp ain’t that good), but it doesn’t have the same immediate extensibility that you get used to… and sadly it doesn’t run inside containers because it needs accelerated video :sad face:
Data point: A few weeks ago, I spent some time shuttling text between one of the Llama models (have to check which one) and Dunnet, the text adventure packaged with Emacs. Over several trials, the Llama never realized that it needed to dig where the ground "seems very soft." It never got the CPU card, then it became confused looking around the building for clues about how to start the VAX. At one point it lost track of the building layout and got stuck oscillating between the mail room and the computer room.
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