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+* IDE setup
+#+begin_src sh
+pip install --user 'python-lsp-server[all]'
+pip install --user pylsp-mypy
+#+end_src
+
+This seems to be enough for Eglot to turn Emacs into a Python IDE.
+This recipe will probably break once PEP 668 hits my distros; I guess
+I'll switch to pipx at that stage?
+
+Tried to get the LSP server packaged by my distro, but openSUSE
+Tumbleweed at least does not make it easy:
+
+- Python packages are explicitly named =python3$y-…=, so asking zypper
+  install those means setting myself up for suffering when Tumbleweed
+  moves to version =$((++y))= and I need to chase down everything I've
+  manually installed to (a) install the newer versions (b) clean up
+  every remnant of the previous versions & the corresponding Python
+  runtime.
+
+- I have no idea how to cajole zypper into installing those
+  "suggested" dependencies; =--recommended= does not cut it,
+  =--suggested= does not exist.
+
+  #+begin_src
+  $ sudo zypper install python310-python-lsp-server 
+  Loading repository data...
+  Reading installed packages...
+  Resolving package dependencies...
+
+  The following 10 packages are suggested, but will not be installed:
+    python310-autopep8 python310-flake8 python310-mccabe python310-pycodestyle python310-pydocstyle
+    python310-pyflakes python310-pylint python310-rope python310-whatthepatch python310-yapf
+
+  The following 4 NEW packages are going to be installed:
+    python310-docstring-to-markdown python310-python-lsp-jsonrpc python310-python-lsp-server python310-ujson
+
+  4 new packages to install.
+  #+end_src
+
diff --git a/guides/languages/rust/error-handling.org b/guides/languages/rust/error-handling.org
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+* Crates
+Error-handling crates seem to rise and fall pretty regularly, each new
+crate leveraging new primitives in the standard library to push
+ergonomics even further:
+
+- error_chain
+- failure
+- snafu
+- thiserror
+- anyhow
+- eyre
+* Documentation
+- Error handling now has a [[https://github.com/rust-lang/project-error-handling][dedicated project group]] under the [[https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/library][library
+  team]].
+- [[https://nrc.github.io/error-docs/intro.html][Nick Cameron's error-handling guide]] (2022)
+- [[https://www.howtocodeit.com/articles/the-definitive-guide-to-rust-error-handling][Angus Morrison's "Definitive Guide"]] (2024)
diff --git a/guides/languages/shell-101.org b/guides/languages/shell-101.org
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+My tentative introductory guide to navigating a shell interface
+(assuming Bash).
+
+🚧 These are rough notes meant for guiding in-person discussions; they
+are somewhat terse. 🚧
+
+* Moving around, invoking stuff
+
+With a file browser and a terminal emulator side-by-side:
+
+- ls, cd, mkdir, touch, rm; "/" = root
+- globs
+- arguments vs options (e.g. ls, diff)
+- man, --help
+- standard input/output/error: pipes, redirection
+- writing scripts (shebangs: see bash(1) § COMMAND EXECUTION)
+
+* Shell language
+
+- ; & (e.g. sleep)
+- && || (e.g. grep)
+- if, for
+- $? (e.g. grep, diff)
+- [
+- variables
+- functions, $@, $1…
+- black-box model of a command:
+    - inputs: stdin, arguments, environment
+    - outputs: stdout, stderr, exit code
+    - side-effects: I/O, e.g. files, network
+- which, type: keyword ≠ builtin ≠ function ≠ program
+- valar quotulis (valar escaepis); e.g. sort operator: [ foo '>' bar ]
+
+* Advanced
+
+- ( ) ≠ { }: try to set variables, or call exit
+- (( )), $( )
+- glob ≠ regex
+- bash extensions
+    - [[
+    - <( )
+    - |&, >&
+    - arrays
+- job control: fg, bg, jobs, wait, kill, C-z