Zach BeaneInterview
Developer (Common Lisp, Quicklisp)
Adapted from Zach Beane's interview on Uses This, published 10 June 2020. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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For working with Common Lisp, I use a 2016 13" MacBook Pro, sometimes with an external 27" 4K monitor.
I fell trees and buck logs with a Husqvarna 365 chainsaw.
Sometimes I use a smaller 435 for lighter jobs or as backup.
Communication
Productivity
I keep various seasonal journals in Google Docs - tracking my goals and progress for firewood management, orchard management, and maple syrup production.
Browser
Notes
I take notes with Org mode but I feel like I'm only scratching the surface of its functionality.
Coding & Development
I work on Common Lisp and homestead projects.
When writing Common Lisp code I use the SBCL implementation of Common Lisp.
I'd like to try SLY as a replacement to SLIME but haven't been able to commit the time to switching.
Storage
Other
My most popular project is Quicklisp, a library manager for Common Lisp.