More mindset shifts I had for pure functional programming (FP):. -Using recursion instead loops.-Modelling a state machine without "state". In FP you can model a state machine by using recursion, lexical bindings, higher-order functions. #Clojure example, but could be haskell👇

are you the artiste developer?. or are you the capital 'D' Developer who generates GDP per capita?.

artisanal code.

anytime I see the phrase "micro framework" I just want to scream.

at least once a week on stream, whatever I'm working on, someone says they can do it in an hour with an LLM. so I tell them to do it and report back. they never do🧐.

somehow the javascript ecosystem got me with their hooks bro.

no Claude I will not show you the code >:(.

man i love using Clojure, Ring, Reitit, hiccup, selmer, next.jdbc, honeysql, core.async, component, Clojurescript, reagent, re-frame, build.clj, shadow-cljs, and deps.edn. It's so simple, it works, easy to use.

sometimes I type out snarky replies to people and delete them because I just wanted the catharsis of feeling smart. sometimes I accidentally hit send💀.

Is building a game engine the 2025 version of building a javascript framework?.

implements simple combat mechanic -> updates linkedin to say "gameplay engineer".

tfw MBA psych BS makes more productive technology companies than the code slot machine.

procotols? I know a language with those 😉.

as I've learned the hard way, . you need to treat the keys in JSONb columns like new, mini columns and add indexes for them. otherwise performance tanks in Postgres when you have a lot of DB rows.

I realize this either means, I'm not datable, or I am in fact wifey material.

risk aversion has straight up destroyed hacker culture in programming. go tinker on something. make it weird. sheesh.

open sourcing my grossest clojure code to keep the homies employed.

WHOM.

can you work for someone who you despise?.

Counter intuitively, it can be good for translating, so asking for Java or Javascript code first, and then asking it translate to Clojure works pretty well (provided that you are okay with the grossest Clojure(script) code you've ever seen).

I think this is different for code. Seems to me the "curve fit" for code is tightening. I've noticed a perceptible decline in Claude's ability to write Clojure (for example), but for Javascript stonks go up.