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Please use the post by whoishiring instead: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35773705
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Location: Los Angeles / So…
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I can imagine enjoying Haskell in a team setting with existing patterns, but I think its flexibility gives my mind decision fatigue when starting from-scratch.
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Good question. I'm not sure! My first reaction is "elegance", but I don't think that's quite right
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Hi! I'm Taylor. Learn more about me at https://taylor.town/about I charge $1,000 per day. But I do not accept…
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This company offers open-source tools for recycling plastics at home: [1] https://preciousplastic.com
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Location: Southern California R…
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I've picked up so many mental models from these podcasts. I constantly refer to things I've learned over the years from these fantastic shows: • 99% Invisible: design in everyday life • Akim…
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Good leaders thrive on charisma. Good designers thrive on taste. To develop taste, study the world. Become an explorer of elegance. Build things. Watch people struggle with your designs. Listen to the…
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Ask a friend for help :)
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It's only dangerous in very predictable circumstances :) Type-safety guarantees that you won't get any side-effects where the types don't fit. And if you really want to run untrusted co…
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Author here. The more I dig into mmm.page, the more I'm loving what you've built! I can't wait to play around with it next week. The design is gorgeous so far. Somebody is giving a talk…
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It's a way to share code in multiple ways: - the language is like JSON, so you can send programs (and custom types) between computers - you can store code in public "scrapyards", and se…
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If the function output remains the same, then there are no breaking changes. If breaking changes occur, the type system will let you know :) Then you can either pin the function to an older version or…
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I'm definitely familiar with Joy. It's so elegant! I tried to make a concatenate sister language to scrapscript called "sewerscript", but there's only so much time in the worl…
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Yes, but I wasn't super happy with it. Rust was a much better option IMO. I only chose Elm because I was experimenting with some visual debugging stuff, and boy, it's really a joyful experie…
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I'll be aiming for basic documentation and specs next. I first wanted to see if there was any community interest before dumping a ton of work into this project. I honestly didn't expect this…
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> As I see it most of the more unique ideas could be implemented in form of some tooling on top of some existing languages. I deeply hope that's true, because it'll save me a lot of wor…
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The version isn’t considered when comparing types. If the types structurally fits into the spot, you’re good to go. I’m planning on publishing more of these kinds of details in the next month or two
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If you want people to think you're interesting, make them feel interesting. Engage your curiosity. Investigate their systems. Probe their interests. Everybody loves good questions :)
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Thanks for sharing. I'd encourage you to envision what you want your life (average day, average month) to look like in 10 years, and work backwards from there. A long vacation might be the answ…
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I recently started a company, and ChatGPT has been surprisingly helpful if you go and verify its recommendations. But you don't need to create a bank account or register a company! You're al…
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You can emulate traditional dependency management by pinning the versions of all your scraps, and updating them selectively: user/my-scrap@414
> This fixer would have to walk the depen…
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Just think of it as more powerful JSON :) You can send things around without converting everything into strings and objects that don't quite fit your use-case. Plus you have the added benefit of …
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Yes, scraps can be versioned: user/my-scrap@99
And you can check the available versions of the scrap by querying the scrapyard directly. But omitting the version will just use the latest: …
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With managed effects, all of the async stuff gets pushed over to the platform. I suspect that everybody will settle on a reusable `task` type, but each platform can determine its own async scheduling …
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The `|` operator indicates that you're starting a function. And `*` is basic multiplication. Scrapscript: | x -> y -> x * y
Javascript: x => y => x * y
It also works as …
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Wow, I really like that syntax! Juggling lots of monads can be annoying. But to keep scrapscript small like json, this is something I would try to solve with editor tools rather than the language itse…