TIL - OCaml / ReasonML -> BuckleScript = JavaScript
What really is the difference between ReasonML, BuckleScript and OCaml.…
Accountability breeds conservatism
When you have some middle-tier person “accountable” to something, that’s a sure-fire to reduce that person’s risk-taking capabilities. The being accountable generally is a sugar-coated way of saying - “Hey you.. If this thing fails, its your neck on the line”. And who would want that? Accountability results…
Journal - Model Thinking MOOC
Just started the Model Thinking course this week. My assignment for this week is due. Why am I doing this? I like to fit things into patterns. And given a reasonably large dataset, most world events follow certain patterns. With the ever-increasing firehose of just plain "raw information"…
TIL
Came across 5 new languages, thanks to HN - Egison - https://www.egison.org/ Dhall - https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-lang Futhark - https://futhark-lang.org/ TOML - https://github.com/toml-lang/toml Spiral - https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language…
Learning Elm Programming
Intentions of starting this resource I couldn’t believe that elmprogramming.com had escaped my sights all this while. Just breezing through the pages, the illustrations seemed to explain every bit of the syntax & execution in excruciating detail. The attractive color scheme did count too! I’ll be logging…
Here's my Fizzbuzz
Can we get this out of the way now? I've been hearing from my colleagues who are hiring managers now that they've been highly frustrated with the quality of applicants, many of whom can't code their way out of a paperbag. Not even the classic Fizzbuzz test! We were at…
Being in support taught me extreme ownership
At one of my previous employers, as the technology evangelist & community manager, I one of my responsibilities was to dip my fingers in support. And by dip I mean drown myself neck deep into customer issues, and to understand all the obstructions a customer would face while they would…