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Jun 16 2022 — tagged discord, raku
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about the discord on the blog. That changes right now. I’ve spent the last few days overhauling the place, adding a starboard, role reactions, and so much more. I think that it now...
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Aug 31 2018 — tagged discord
Hey all. I’ve created a discord server to discuss programming language theory, a common topic on this blog. If you’ve enjoyed my musings about programming languages, or you just came from Google and you want to chat with a bunch...
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Jun 16 2022 — tagged discord, raku
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about the discord on the blog. That changes right now. I’ve spent the last few days overhauling the place, adding a starboard, role reactions, and so much more. I think that it now...
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Apr 06 2022 — tagged raku
The other day, my partner and I were competing to see who could solve the day’s Wordle the quickest. She got it in 4 guesses. I… didn’t get it after all 6 guesses. In an effort to not repeat that...
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Jun 24 2020 — tagged raku
Python’s itertools package is the gold standard for working with iterable streams of data. It always irked me that Python needed an entire package to do things that I felt like the base language should easily support. I know Raku...
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Jun 17 2020 — tagged raku
Preface It’s been a few months since I looked at Raku. Last time I fiddled with it was when the language finally took the leap and renamed itself from Raku to Raku. Heck, I’m still in the old Raku GitHub...
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Jul 06 2019 — tagged raku
… and other myths people tell themselves to sleep well at night… Hatred is a strong emotion, and too often it’s one born out of ignorance. I don’t like tossing around the phrase “I hate…” often unless it’s with regards...
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Apr 08 2019 — tagged raku
(comics made by the wonderful @TristanBomb) In my last post, I talked about this bit of code for implementing a Maybe ADT in Raku: role Maybe[::A] { } sub just(::A $x --> Maybe[::A]) { class Just does Maybe[::A] { has...
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Apr 05 2019 — tagged raku
While reading through the docs for Raku’s multi-dispatch, I noticed something familiar: the language chooses which multi function to call depending on which routine’s signature matches the argument first. Since Raku uses the smartmatch operator ~~ to match up type...
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Aug 07 2026 — tagged thinkbox
ohhh baby, i haven’t done a thinkbox in a long time! quick note: i’ll put a dagger symbol (†) next to any jargon i’ve made up, and i’ll leave it out if i’m pretty sure the jargon is real. im...
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Jun 30 2019 — tagged thinkbox
Jamq (Just Asynchronous Messages and Queues) is a language I’ve been tossing back and forth in my mind. Here’s what I’m thinking about: # learn X in Y minutes, where X = Jamq #{ Jamq is centered around the idea...
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Nov 08 2022 — tagged toki-pona, 100-blog-posts
toki! mi wile e nasin pona pi toki nanpa lon toki pona. mi kepeken nimi pu taso. ni la mi ken ala toki e nimi san (3), e nimi likujo (7), e ante. mi pilin pona tawa nanpa ni taso:...
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Aug 31 2022 — tagged 100-blog-posts, toki-pona
open musi jan pi wile sona li toki tawa mi e ni: “sina toki kepeken toki pona tan seme? jan seme li toki sama?”. mi toki e ni: “mi toki kepeken toki pona tan ni: ona li musi. kama pi...
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Aug 13 2022 — tagged toki-pona, 100-blog-posts
toki. sina lukin e pakala toki mi la sina o toki tawa mi. mi o pona e lipu ni. jan sin li toki sona e ni: “nimi ‘pi’ li sama ala sama nimi ‘of’ lon toki Inli?”. jan sona li...
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Aug 07 2022 — tagged 100-blog-posts, toki-pona
toki. mi wile pali e nimi suli kepeken nimi wan. sina lon ilo Siko la sina kute e nimi ni: mi tawa tawa tomo mi. nimi ni en nimi “mi tawa tomo mi” li pana e tan sama. nimi tu...
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Aug 03 2022 — tagged toki-pona, 100-blog-posts
toki pona is a tiny conlang created by Sonja Lang. I am not here to write a toki pona tutorial, that has been done a hundred times over by many people a hundred times smarter than I am. No, I...
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Jun 18 2022 — tagged 100-blog-posts, toki-pona
tenpo suno pini la mi open e ijo musi. mi wile pali e lipu 100. lipu ni li lipu wan. mi sona e jan pi toki Inli ala lon ilo Twitter. tan la mi wile ante e lipu pini tawa...
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May 05 2020 — tagged toki-pona
toki a! mi li jan Tyler Tala. tenpo suno pini luka la, mi open kama sona e toki pona! toki pona li toki lili. mi wile toki mute! sina wile toki poka mi la, o pana e lipu tawa mi...
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Jul 27 2024 — tagged 100-blog-posts, v2-site
Hello all as you can see, the blog looks different! it used to look like this it was themed after stardew valley. it was cute and i liked it a lot. The reasons I decided to give it a visual...
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Nov 08 2022 — tagged toki-pona, 100-blog-posts
toki! mi wile e nasin pona pi toki nanpa lon toki pona. mi kepeken nimi pu taso. ni la mi ken ala toki e nimi san (3), e nimi likujo (7), e ante. mi pilin pona tawa nanpa ni taso:...
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Aug 31 2022 — tagged 100-blog-posts, toki-pona
open musi jan pi wile sona li toki tawa mi e ni: “sina toki kepeken toki pona tan seme? jan seme li toki sama?”. mi toki e ni: “mi toki kepeken toki pona tan ni: ona li musi. kama pi...
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Aug 13 2022 — tagged toki-pona, 100-blog-posts
toki. sina lukin e pakala toki mi la sina o toki tawa mi. mi o pona e lipu ni. jan sin li toki sona e ni: “nimi ‘pi’ li sama ala sama nimi ‘of’ lon toki Inli?”. jan sona li...
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Aug 07 2022 — tagged 100-blog-posts, toki-pona
toki. mi wile pali e nimi suli kepeken nimi wan. sina lon ilo Siko la sina kute e nimi ni: mi tawa tawa tomo mi. nimi ni en nimi “mi tawa tomo mi” li pana e tan sama. nimi tu...
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Aug 03 2022 — tagged toki-pona, 100-blog-posts
toki pona is a tiny conlang created by Sonja Lang. I am not here to write a toki pona tutorial, that has been done a hundred times over by many people a hundred times smarter than I am. No, I...
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Jun 18 2022 — tagged 100-blog-posts, toki-pona
tenpo suno pini la mi open e ijo musi. mi wile pali e lipu 100. lipu ni li lipu wan. mi sona e jan pi toki Inli ala lon ilo Twitter. tan la mi wile ante e lipu pini tawa...
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Jun 17 2022 — tagged 100-blog-posts
I like @visakanv’s do 100 thing idea. I haven’t tried it, and if I’m being honest, the idea of committing to doing 100 of anything seems pretty intimidating. My ADHD is a powerful force. But I’ve been reworking my blog...
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Jul 27 2024 — tagged 100-blog-posts, v2-site
Hello all as you can see, the blog looks different! it used to look like this it was themed after stardew valley. it was cute and i liked it a lot. The reasons I decided to give it a visual...
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Dec 02 2024 — tagged software, december-adventure
Hello all! I will be participating in the 2024 December Adventure, and this is my captain’s log for the month. From Eli’s page: The Advent of Code is cool, but a lot, and not everyone’s jam. The December Adventure is...
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Nov 13 2024 — tagged software
It tends to be the case that doing something professionally can kill one’s drive to do so recreationally. Despite this, I still enjoy hobby programming and participating in online programming communities in my off-time. In these communities I have found...
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Dec 02 2024 — tagged software, december-adventure
Hello all! I will be participating in the 2024 December Adventure, and this is my captain’s log for the month. From Eli’s page: The Advent of Code is cool, but a lot, and not everyone’s jam. The December Adventure is...
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Sep 24 2026 — tagged gaming
Ladies and enbies, we live in a renaissance. Not a renaissance of information, equality, of human experience. No: we’re experiencing the good timeline, where the dopamine-inducing high-speed fun of Nadeo’s Mania series has finally been recognized by the masses of...