In Emacs, Everything Looks Like a Service: Building Clients Inside an Editor

In Emacs, Everything Looks Like a Service

I argue that while Emacs is not an operating system, its ability to orchestrate applications and access system services makes it feel like one. By leveraging built-in libraries and the dynamic Elisp language, you can treat any external tool or API as a service. I demonstrate this by building a weather client for wttr.in, showing how to integrate complex workflows directly within the editor.

"From within Emacs, everything looks like a service."