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Sep 24, 2012 at 17:40
Haskell is a lot of fun, but *man alive* the learning curve is punishing.

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Nov 7, 2025 at 12:30
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I've been learning some Common Lisp by writing some simple JSON munging programs. I'm sure it's not best practice — I should probably deserialise to CLOS automatically — but it's a nice way to get comfortable with the basics. It feels weird deliberately ignoring helpers though.
Mar 10, 2025 at 07:03
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Spent a bunch of time learning about text diffing algorithms this evening. "Myers Algorithm" refers to a specific paper written by Eugene Myers, and he published faster algorithms later!
LCS Algorithms
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a structural diff that understands syntax 🟥🟩. Contribute to Wilfred/difftastic development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dec 29, 2024 at 21:56
Learning software development through playing and contributing to a MUD:
How Multi-User Dungeons Taught Me To Code
How Multi-User Dungeons Taught Me To Code
As I made friends with the game's administrators and developers, I started looking at its design, trying to understand how it was able to facilitate such a deeply immersive experience—and wondering how we might make it even better.