pragdave

@Tallish_Tom@mastodon.scot @pragmaticmarg@hachyderm.io

I hear you (and a few other people who called it out).

We enforce a "no AI content" policy, because people buy our books to hear from experts and not from rehashes of StackOverflow answers. But it never occurred to me that people would object to an AI image on a decorative cover.

I'd genuinely like to understand the issues. If you have time, could you let me know? (Or, if you'd rather, you could book a slot at https://calendly.com/pragdave and we can chat).

It was never my intention to cause any offense, so a better understanding will help me not repeat the mistake.

Really enjoying playing with https://xstate.js.org/. I've been a big fan of state machines for decades, but normally just roll my own. But xstate adds a lot of value, and the visualizer is just plain fun.

I'm really, really enjoying the Unison language and environment. The append-only library system is fabulous, but takes getting used to. The language itself is sweet, but the icing on the cake is the fantastic _abilities_ feature (Abstract Algebraic Effects).

I'm beginning to think that effect-typed functions are the unification between OO and FP we'v e been looking for. (And, they're just plain cool, too...). https://www.unison-lang.org/ @unison@fosstodon.org

@larsklint@mastodon.au is wearing a great t-shirt for his "living intentionally" talk at #yow22. It would be great for an Erlang or Elixir talk, too

After a long absence from social media, I'm planning to reenter the fray :)

Just had my first Unison PR accepted. (Well, taken and seriously brushed up before inclusion...) https://unison-lang.org @unison

Ippudo Sydney

I'm heading down to Round Rock (just north of Austin, TX) to speak at THAT Conference in 10 days.

If you want to join in, apparently the non-food tickets are (incredibly, given the number and quality of the talks) 80% off. Just use code "unspecified" at https://that.us/events/tx/2023/tickets/

I made a Quarto extension for markdown table layout. It separates data from presentation, and has a pretty flexible way of defining layout.

https://github.com/pragdave/pandoc-tableau

I dare you :)

https://exercism.org/challenges/12in23

@avdi@hachyderm.io you're poking that poor creature in the eye, you monster