Sounds like the Eudaimonia Machine concept: https://blog.fentress.com/blog/the-eudaimonia-machine-a-spac...

This was it! Thanks maxtilford! I couldn't google it for the life of me.

What you quoted doesn't mention an IDE at all. "extract interface" is just the name of series of steps that you can accomplish with or without an IDE.

Martin Fowler's book 'Refactoring' gives names a whole bunch of these. That might be where the op is coming from.

The demos are broken due to git merge tokens. (line 87 "<<<<<<< HEAD")

Yeah, I noticed. I fixed it yesterday.

That S-expressions can/often contain code doesn't make them more complicated when used for data only. Anything can contain code.

I just switched from geokit to geocoder in the app I'm building. I found geocoder to be significantly better for my purposes.

Can you expound upon that? What limits did you hit, how has geocoder fixed those, etc?

No technical limits were hit. They have nearly the same feature set.

Geocoder's api feels a little bit more modern Geokit (rails3 vs 2). Having read the code for both, Geocoder was cleaner and would be easier to tweak if necessary.

So really it's just a preference: they do the same thing.

You're welcome to contact me anytime with questions. (emails in profile)

Email sent :)

I think this blog post will be relevant: http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/12/evaluating-cellular-automata-...

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CommonPlace -- Cambridge, MA (http://commonplaceusa.com)

We're a nearly-funded startup creating a social platform for local communities and neighborhoods.

* Web Developer: Will be working on a Ruby on Rails web app with some civic-minded Harvard students.

Contact maxtilford at gmail

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Cool, also like the auto-tidy on the arrows.