ANN: Color.js 1.0
30 April 2013
color.js, my color management library for JavaScript, has hit 1.0.
articles about programming
A Clarification
17 April 2013
duck-wrapping types
Duck-Wrapping
14 April 2013
If it doesn't quack like a duck, wrap it in a duck. Or don't.
In which parables are quoted
07 March 2013
I steal from Phil Hagelberg's IRC comments again.
Static types are great, but I don't use them in practise
21 January 2013
In which I foolishly chip into a long standing nerd debate.
The Right Abstraction
13 December 2012
In which Phil Hagelberg comments on abstraction.
The Clojure web stack and the CRUD stack
09 December 2012
Why it is my opinion that Clojure is better off with out a CRUD web framework.
Reconsidering the Relevance of Design Patterns
27 November 2012
Design patterns fell out of favour in the last five or so years. I think there is still some value in them.
Reversable and Composable Routes?
20 November 2012
Unanswered about defining routes in web applications
Templates are Functions
21 October 2012
An article that looks at templates in web development in the context of pure functions and functional programming.
Knife Sharpening
04 March 2012
A professional knows when to sharpen their tools.
Simple L‑System Generation
09 November 2011
A simple but functional implementation of L-Systems in Clojure.
Comprehensions Continued
13 September 2011
Trevor Burnham's reply to my critique of Coffeescripts comprehensions.
CoffeeScript Comprehensions Are Broken
12 September 2011
An examination of List Comprehensions in several languages, how Coffeescript's ‘comprehension’ semantics differ from the common case, and limitations that arise.
A Brief Overview of the Clojure Web Stack
01 June 2011
Ring is the foundation of web programming in Clojure. It has a broad ecosystem of libraries that fullfil many different roles in the web stack. This article introduces the fundamental concepts of Ring as well as four major libraries, and explains common idioms to help you get started quickly.
Parsers Generating Parsers
07 February 2011
Following my introduction to fnparse, this article looks at how more common functional programming tools can be leveraged to make parsers that output new parsers.
Start Parsing in Clojure: fnparse
07 February 2011
Parser combinators are a powerful way of expressing complex parsers as first class operations in a language with first class functions. This tutorial introduces one such library, fnparse, for Clojure.
Error Monads Revisited
25 January 2011
An Error Monad in Clojure
24 January 2011
ANN: Necessary-Evil
22 December 2010
Necessary-Evil is an XML RPC library for Clojure.
SVG maps with Cairo and Mapnik
15 December 2010
Using open source technology and data to render maps.
Impedance Mismatch with CouchDB
01 December 2010
Some observations, both positive and negative, from using CouchDB to build this site.
Monads: redux
14 February 2010
Thoughts on the appropriateness of monads in Clojure.
Ghosts in the Machine
11 February 2010
Following on from looking at state monads in the context of Clojure, this article looks at variations that add different forms of state-m of non-determinism.
Welcome to the Machine
09 February 2010
A close look at how the state monad is implemented and used in Clojure.
A couple of lists
07 February 2010
Further comparisons between Python and Clojure.
On iteration
04 February 2010
How Python's view of iteration lead me to Clojure.
Functions of functions
22 October 2009
Needless Facs
08 October 2009