Kids Coding, Part 1
I just started teaching my kids some coding. Here are the notes from the first lesson.
Post Fast Write-up
I did a 5.5 day fast last week, here are some of the results
Thoughts on Fasting
A number of people expressed interest in my current multiday fast. Let me share some layperson's thoughts on the topic.
Stop supporting older GHCs
An argument for dropping support in libraries for older versions of GHC
Deprecating the Haskell markdown library
I'm considering deprecating the markdown library I wrote
I am not snoyjerk
There's a user on Reddit known as snoyjerk. Just setting the record straight to avoid confusion: that's not me.
My open source goals
I'm planning on changing my open source priorities to focus more on helping others work on projects.
Building packages outside snapshots
Sometimes you want to build a package that isn't in the latest Stackage snapshots. Here's a quick trick to making that easier.
Guide to matrix.org and riot.im
A user-oriented guide to using Matrix.org and Riot.im, intended for using them for open source project communication.
Stop breaking compatibility
Without a doubt, the most dangerous thing in all of software development is breaking backwards compatibility. We need to stop this!
LambdaConf Haskell Hackathon 2018
Some details on an upcoming hackathon, and how you can request contributions to your open source projects
Quick guide to the Jewish Holidays
A quick overview of the Jewish holidays, the calendar they originate from, and how I observe them
Haskell Ecosystem Requests
Some requests for changes in how some parts of the Haskell ecosystem are maintained
Stack Patching Policy
Discussion of a potential policy change for Stack
The Conduitpocalypse
Announcing a bunch of breaking library releases
SLURP
My comments on the SLURP proposal
Breaking changes, dependency trees
Some thoughts on upcoming library breaking changes, and how to restructure dependency trees
Drop Conduit's Finalizers?
Time to ask a really hard question: is it time to remove Conduit's finalizer concept from the library?
Review of The Bridge strength program
My review of The Bridge strength program by Barbell Medicine
Dropped packages following LTS 10
Following the release of LTS 10, we've removed a bunch of upper bounds and dropped some packages from Stackage Nightly