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Encoded patterns

Code is mostly encoded patterns; or, a Haskell journal.

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Coder Climate Action

··8 mins

I’d be interested in the zero-carbon path that the software industry anticipates, if there was such a thing. A professional guild of coders may be concerned for the havoc their energy consumptions are unleashing on the world. Unfortunately, coding is a new profession, with no guild or central craft, having sprung up quite recently due to the unreasonable success of a few mathematical logicians.

Haskell and the elegant attack.

··7 mins

Welcome back to the Happy Haskell HAckers Tour. As we approach our next stop, let me firstly apologise for the recent detours. Our bus driver, Yoneda, mixed up the maps and started following the GHC After Dark1 script. But now we’re back on track, and coming up on your left is our monument to the Haskell literals:

Haskell is Diverse

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My trans daughter came out to me at a Haskell workshop. At the time, I thought I was tech support but, in retrospect, she was locating a safe space for both of us to digest the news. I helped with installs, practised my pronouns and had a blast.