Chris Thorn

I make computers do things for a living - sometimes I write about it. Find me on GitHub, Twitter, or email.

• Open conflicted files in Vim

  April 23, 2020

  When you're stubborn and stuck in your ways, you can still make improvements.

• Profiling Vim

  July 15, 2019

  Vim enables you to edit text rapidly, but what do you do when Vim itself is slow? Profile!

• Befunge: An Esoteric Story

  June 11, 2018

  You've probably heard of Brainfuck, but did you know there're many more strange languages out there?

• Automatically Collapse Generated Files in GitHub Diffs

  April 11, 2017

  Large, generated source code files can be a pain to deal with in diffs, but we have the tools to combat them.

• A React Rendering Misconception

  April 5, 2017

  In which we learn how often React renders components.