Code Execution: Eval, Apply

January 21 2023 · tech fsharp software-engineering computation lparen dotnet

In writing LParen, a Lisp interpreter, the single Nolan-esque mind-bending idea for me has been implementing code execution. I can write a function, which itself is just a data structure, and execute it in the interpreter as a general computation. Characters, symbols, and numbers which previously …

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Professional Development Goals for 2023

January 12 2023 · tech
  • Determine whether Data Mesh is a software architecture, philosophy, cryptocurrency, or cult.
  • Increase my knowledge of what OKRs are and how to write effective, quantifable results by 10%.
  • Write a rust program that compiles with no warnings
  • Evaluate 12 alternative website frameworks for this blog …
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Dunstan Landscapes

January 7 2023 · central-otago landscape-photography monochrome
Horizon - Leaning Rock on the Dunstan Range

Horizon - Leaning Rock on the Dunstan Range

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Wanaka Landscapes

December 20 2022 · central-otago wanaka landscape-photography monochrome
Lake Wanaka

Lake Wanaka

Matukituki Valley …
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Abstractions for Logic

December 6 2022 · tech fsharp software-engineering computation lparen dotnet

Programming languages provide abstractions which allow the expression of logic. This gives us, the Alchemist programmer, the ability to recite a few incantations on our keyboards and imbue the programs we are writing with the apparent ability to make decisions. Without logic computer programs would …

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