Other programmers using your code is often a high compliment.
Making something from scratch is fun, but learning someone else's API is work.
Rather than the common "I built one, you should use it", I try to ask "what would persuade you to use this?".
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What do others use?
Today I learnt that Lua projects often use *3* spaces for indentation! https://github.com/luarocks/lua-style-guide/blob/master/README.md#indentation-and-formatting
I initially thought something was very wrong with editor config.
I'm having fun writing a simple type checker, but I'm learning firsthand why syntax-directed checking doesn't work. It prevents inference.
My checker catches real bugs, but it can't handle cases like this:
[1, 2].map(fun(x) { x + 1; })
I think I need bidirectional checking.