Reading up on Elm
4 deep · digging since jan 19
- FUN: First-Class Functions, Currying, and a Surprise
Adding first-class functions to a LET interpreter with call-by-value leads to dynamic scoping, mirroring a historical Lisp bug discovered by Slagle.
- Elm, Rust, and WebGL in one interface – yoggimix
The author combines Elm, Rust, and WebGL via the elm_rs bridge to render 3D graphics in a canvas while using Elm for UI controls, demonstrating type‑safe interop.
- Use boring languages with LLMs
Using boring languages like Go with LLMs reduces variance in training data, leading to more predictable and reliable code generation.
- Don't waste your back pressure ·
Providing AI agents with automated feedback loops (back pressure) enables them to self-correct on long-horizon tasks, increasing engineer leverage.