Exploration
I really like programming languages. I like learning the languages themselves and I like learning interesting tricks through them. I enjoy exploring new ways to look at, think about and solve problems.
Full postWhy I put up with nix
The Nix ecosystem has a lot of usability issues. This post is not about them. I spend a lot of time ranting about this (mostly to coworkers), but I want to highlight the things that I really like about Nix, for a change.
Full postMonads for free
Two weeks ago I started a new job as a Haskell software engineer. My expectation was to suffer immensely from impostor syndrome, especially during the first few weeks. Surprisingly, I feel pretty comfortable with my abilities so far!
Full postShadowing ruined my evening
Last night I was playing around with implementing solutions for problems from rosetta code in order to polish my Haskell skills before starting my first day in a developer role where I will be expected to use it daily. Since I have no prolonged experience with using it outside of some messing around with it here and there to learn it, it seemed like a good idea to practice a bit more.
Full postHow the blog works
I wrote a sort of blog engine for my site, because I love reinventing the wheel.
Full postClosure
Finishing projects is hard. Like really hard. Way harder than it seems and way harder than it should be.
Full postBlogging
When I was about 7 or 8, my dad made me a website and put me in front of the console of a very basic blog CMS thing. He showed me how to make new posts and told me to write about whatever. I made a post, and the day after that, I made another. And then I forgot about the whole concept altogether, to the great disappointment of my grandmother who enjoyed reading it.
Full postNew site!
I rewrote my site. I stole took some inspiration from stp.cx for the
design.