Clang isn't a toolsmith's compiler. PASTA tries to fix this by providing safe-to-use C++ and Python wrappers to the Clang AST. PASTA also answers questions that Clang can't, like how parsed tokens relate back to macro expansions and files. Learn more: blog.trailofbits.com/2023/07/28/the…

Given recent falls in CPI inflation, how does our @UCU lay negotiator analysis of the UCEA imposed pay offer of 5% (on top of 3% for 2021-22) now measure up?

🧵 1/10

Nothing says 'thank you' like a pay rise

If five years of industrial action weren't enough, King's College London Staff Survey has just confirmed that KCL workers are overworked and underpaid: 84% of staff believe they do more than is required of them in their jobs and only 39% believe their pay is reasonable.

🚨BREAKING: The Government has suffered a major defeat as the High Court rules that its “strike-breaking” agency worker regulations are unlawful.

The important judgement means employers can no longer use agency staff to fill in for striking workers during industrial action.

Excited to announce that TC39 is forming a new Task Group to improve source maps. Daniel Ehrenberg and I will be convening Ecma TC39-TG4 to improve expressiveness, performance, and adoption across the ecosystem!

DM me to get involved!

GitHub issues here: github.com/source-map/sou…

Gaston Rey This I think is a broader problem in the industry… especially remote shops have no idea how to hire juniors profitably. 😕

Today our members start indefinite strike action that will shut University of Brighton until every single compulsory redundancy is off the table. There will be no beginning of the academic year without our talented staff. With your support we will #SaveBrightonUni tinyurl.com/hardshipUoB

ok we cannot let this be the one. we cannot under any circumstances let this one be the one you have to promise me that

i feel like if you have to log in to see a page, that page is no longer really on 'the Web'

PLAI is free at plai.org (-:. All this prose is written with programmers, not academics, in mind. There's about 70 pages from pg 107 onward that should help people figure out (a bit of) what PL folks are talking about. It's meant to be a lead-in to books like TAPL.

If you’re an H-1B stuck in an endless green card line, set your alarm for July 16.

Canada now has an experimental program where they’ll give 10000 permanent residencies to engineers that the US is repelling.

Part of their new tech talent strategy.
canada.ca/en/immigration…

I'm beyond pumped to announce that Shopify has stepped up to become the first ever corporate sponsor of Ladybird, generously contributing $100,000 USD! 🤓💚🐞

awesomekling.substack.com/p/welcoming-sh…

Playbit is an endeavor to build a new operating system for software creatives. After over two years of reserach, Playbit is now a real company and I'm hiring Playbit's founding engineers.

Are you up for the challenge?

playb.it/careers/

BIG NEWS, friends!! We are SO excited to share that Mineko’s Night Market will have physical editions for both Nintendo Switch and PS5!! Available at major retailers in North America and in the EU this fall!

📢[New blog post] The E-graph extraction problem is NP-complete!

effect.systems/blog/egraph-ex…

I always enjoy talking about 'How to design talks'; thanks to Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop PLDI for the chance to do so this year -- maybe you'll find the slides useful!

🚨BREAKING:

The University of Exeter has become the 6th HEI to call on UCEA to get back round the table.

UCEA, listen to your own members, show you care about the future of higher education and settle this dispute.

#ucuRISING

So happy that Talia Ringer got this award PLDI !