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Tags: GTK (1), GUI (1), d3.js (1), elm (3), emacs (2), erlang (1), functional-programming (6), haskell (6), javascript (2), linux (1), nix (3), productivity (1), purescript (1), rust (1), shell (1), tiny-hacks (1), typescript (1)

May 12, 2020: Anonymous types matter
Anonymous tuples and records for designing APIs compatible by a structure, not a construction.

In typed FP, we sometimes tend to overuse closed designs with opaque data. In this post I aim to explain why it might be in some cases better chose an opposite design.

April 29, 2020: Dealing with Multiple Dropbox Accounts
Tiny hack to boost your productivity

Make it possible to use two Dropbox accounts at the same time with just a tiny bit of shell-scripting.

February 21, 2020: Value Space Decoding for Aeson
Implementation of combinators for JSON decoding in Haskell

Extending Aeson api with value level combinators and Decoder type.

February 17, 2020: Cabal Flags With and Without Nix
Hakyll build environment with watcher and preview server using nix

Yak shaving continues. Quick how to on cabal flags with nix.

August 14, 2019: Avoiding Pattern Matching
Regaining open composability with refunctionalization

Utilizing higher order functions for creating extensible decoupled APIs

July 28, 2019: Rust vs GUI
Implications of Rust's borrow checking and memory ownership on GUI development (simple case)

Walkthrough implementation of simple GTK app in Rust for dummies

April 9, 2017: Deeper Dive To (Tail) Recursion - 2 Tail Calls
Boosting recursive algorithms

Optimizing recursive functions using tail calls

February 12, 2017: Deep Dive To (Tail) Recursion - 1 Intro
Recursion as one (if no the most) of important concepts.

Why I believe recursion is one of most important concepts we have

December 29, 2016: From Vim to Emacs - Year Later
Bit Of Retrospective On What I Came Through

There are many tutorials and articles about how to start with Emacs or how to switch to it from Vim. This is neither of these.

December 21, 2016: Org Mode in Hakyll
The Ultimate Toolkit for Publishing?

Testing Pandoc's org to HTML compilation

December 7, 2016: Hybrid Types in TypeScript
Being Dynamic With Type Checker

Using functions with custom interfaces in TypeScript

May 15, 2016: Elm 0.17 - Successful Upgrade of Real World App
…and some soft of guide to all of this

My experience with end to end upgrade from Elm 0.16 to Elm 0.17