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fizz_edon A tool that converts PDFs to SVG, built using PDF.js

What about something that goes the other way?

fizz_edon Programming Languages and Taco Bell: Same Features, New Combinations

Except that unless you're unusually awesome, you don't generally express your ideas by means of chalupas.

But seriously. Diversity in language design, in the implementation of new languages, and even in the extension of currently popular languages, is a good thing (TM). It means being able to learn a new approach or technique (anonymous functions, monads, templates, erlang-esque pattern matching, etc) and be able to integrate it into the projects you've already spent 5 years of your life on.

(edit: missing comma)

fizz_edon Ask HN: What OS do you use? for web dev

Linux.

Emacs and git with the magit package.

Node, meteor for fun projects.

apache, postgresql, and php for less fun projects.

fizz_edon The daily routines of famous creative people

The takeaway?

Creative people by and large don't have "day jobs".

fizz_edon Your high IQ might kill your startup (2010)

This reminds me a bit of a steve yegge quote.

"Having a good memory is a serious impediment to understanding. It lets you cheat your way through life."

This also reminds me quite a bit of the famous conversation between Eric S. Raymond and Linus Torvalds about "the curse of the gifted."