@nihilazo @eli_oat @technomancy @csepp The thing I like about lisps is the ability to build functions around snippets until I've written a whole program. It's interactive and pleasant.
I agree that the advocacy is distracting. The book Let Over Lambda has interesting ideas but it's *so* convinced that lisp is always the best.
I sometimes find it hard to read too. It's easy for different patterns to look visually similar.
miniblog.
Related Posts
1
Today I learnt about "bypass charging", a phone feature where it can run directly off the mains without using the battery at all. No battery charging, less heat, less battery wear. Nifty.
1
I'm considering using WebP more: for example, my websites would load faster and browsers have supported it since 2020: https://caniuse.com/webp
That said, GitHub just added support in August 2025, so I suspect I'd still find use cases that don't work yet:
3
Test code is total: we require it to always terminate or it's a failure! It also typically has 100% line and branch coverage.
I feel way less nervous about refactoring tests, you can always just run them.