Functional programming is not popular because it is weird (2016)
I’ve seen people be genuinely puzzled about why functional programming is not more popular. For example I’m currently reading “Out of the Tar Pit” where after arguing for fu…
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I’ve seen people be genuinely puzzled about why functional programming is not more popular. For example I’m currently reading “Out of the Tar Pit” where after arguing for fu…
Software should convey a sense of calm. How do you get there?
I don't want to consume the life of others. I want to create a life worth consuming. That's what I've learned after 3 years without social media.
Ship/Show/Ask is a branching strategy that helps teams wait less and ship more, without losing out on feedback.
<p><b>Update: I am no longer personally angel investing - I’m focussed on other things at the moment. Please don’t ask me to invest in your co...
David Fowler doesn't have a blog. I think the psychic weight of having a blog ...
Apple v. Epic indeed…
Personal webpage of Fabian Mentzer.
The fundamental cause was a wrong attitude towards the core question: who is responsible for safety?
Yes, I am aware that I am interrupting our self-hosting PL/0 compiler series but I think it will be worth it. Earlier today, I got the J language system running on OpenBSD . I find it important to write these up, because it helps me preserve my own knowledge of what I did and hopefully it will help others porting…
How big of a team can someone lead well? What are the factors that might decrease or increase this size? Find out more in this article
I should state from the very beginning that the title of this post is a bit of a tease. I don’t know why nothing can go faster than the speed of light. No one does. It is a fundamental pos…
Okhsv and Okhsl Two new color spaces for color picking This post has an accompanying interactive comparison of color pickers. I would...
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To Don't - The reverse to-do list.
TLDR: “make the web do apps” is not a disruptive strategy. It's like surviving The Great Oxidation Event, then saying “make anaerobes do photosynthesis”. Ok, but the blue-green algae got there first, so photosynthesis is no longer asymmetric. It is symmetric competition.
My PalmOS port is making progress on a desktop computer, with keyboard, mouse and a 1920×1080 monitor for display. While that was interesting, I wanted to try a different form factor, one tha…
And other misadventures
After the "keep it simple" in programming, the "keep it short" for writing.
Introduction This article is part 3 on EyeWay Vision’s (EyeWay) foveated laser scanning display and follows up on Part 1 that discussed the technology, and Part 2 that showed through-the-opti…
I want a better shell.
A summary of electronics that explains in a basic but comprehensive way the specialties of electronics and the most employed terms.