New Elm release today! ✨ 0.19.1 ✨ Faster builds than ever, but most excited about the new syntax errors! Hoping they will help folks get past The Syntax Cliff. elm-lang.org/news/the-synta…

I decided to collect some of the thoughts on parsing vs. validation I was reflecting on about a month ago into a new blog post: lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2019/11/0…

Before publishing my Kotlin library to Maven Central I had to claim a namespace through a Jira ticket 🤯 That's probably one reason why npm has so much more published packages.

We're at Symbaloo are hiring a new Kotlin by JetBrains or Java Software developer to help develop our Spring backend. 👀 linkedin.com/jobs/view/1690… 🇳🇱 Delft

I’m pleased to present the flame-bait sequel to my previous blog post: “No, dynamic type systems are not inherently more open.” (Please send me your hatemail at your earliest convenience.) lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2020/01/1…

"Deleted code is debugged code"

Wrote something how we improved storing files of our web application: dev.to/arian/creating…

Fun holidays side project: I implemented the QOI image format (qoiformat.org) in Go: github.com/arian/go-qoi

The Grug Brained Developer grugbrain.dev

ANN Vector Search in 300 lines of Go: github.com/arian/fann - re-implemented fennel.ai/blog/vector-se…

Can you use #vectordatabases for recommender systems? I think so! Here I wrote about the details of our first attempt: dev.to/arian/vector-d… #embeddings

Biggest mistake I made early on as working engineer was putting off actually learning git, bash/shell, instead just memorizing commands.

Require Parameters for JavaScript Functions davidwalsh.name/javascript-fun…

TypeScript 2.2 is now available, and comes with even better tooling and more powerful types! Try it today! blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/typescript/201…

Experts in navigating bad systems dislike better systems

OO languages have all these obscure academic symbols like <T> T foo(List<? extends Z> arg) and mathy concepts like co/contravariance/type hierarchies. Fun for sounding smart and geeking out on the weekends but for industry work, it’s best to stick to the more pragmatic languages. x.com/puffnfresh/sta…

One the job training is fine if you expect to be programming for only 5-10 years. A 30-50 year career requires a foundation that you are unlikely to get on the job. If you love programming, get your CS degree.

Computer latency: 1977-2017 danluu.com/input-lag/

Work: Symbaloo we're looking for a new front-end developer, do you know JavaScript, like to use/learn Elm? jobs.symbaloo.com/allround-front… #javascript #education #Delft #jobs