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+# 2019-12-18
+
+Timebox: 1 hour
+
+## Goals
+
+Today I want to create a text editor view that can send the current file to a
+Carp checker and get the results back; maybe even highlight the errors already,
+if I can figure out how to.
+
+## Potential Roadblocks
+
+I’m still pretty sick and a little disoriented, and I probably shouldn’t work
+at all, but I really want to.
+
+## Review
+
+Time worked: