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Distributing binaries built against musl is counter-intuitive to me. When I run them on my machine, they're dynamically linked to glibc! The main advantage AIUI is that you don't depend on new glibc features, so you get a more portable executable.

I feel like enums/variants/tagged unions are underexplored in dynamically typed languages. As soon as you see a pattern match for a given enum variant (e.g. colour::RED), your can IDE can be helpful if the enum definition changes. Normally I only get this with static typing.

A family member asked me about laptops, and I was surprised to see a modern laptop with a 1.0 GHz clock speed! The Intel Core i5-1035G1 https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/196603/intel-core-i5-1035g1-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz.html can dynamically scale up to 3.6 GHz. Seems like manufacturers are no longer scared of small clock speeds in marketing.