I had some fun writing this (probably inconclusive) post about Elm and Svelte. Rich Harris, in Writ... (more…)

UPDATE: adding a sentence for clarity after feedback from someone: I don’t think the issue is kernel code. I think the issue is that the Web platform support is small currently, and there’s a large barrier for community contribution to it, and this causes... (more…)

Or more specifically, I gave a presentation about the program that the tweet referenced, as it compared to a program written in a different language that implemented the same “specification.” Along… (more…)

I'd love to see support for "upside down" let ... in expressions, like you have in Haskell: spam = foo bar where bar = ... Sometimes code is easier to read if you see the Big Picture first, with ...

If you know me or have been reading this blog for a couple of years then chances are you know I'm a programming language nut. I not only believe that being a polyglot programmer makes you a better programmer overall, but I'm always on the look out for new...