A Conjure Piglet Client
by Laurence Chen
“Laurence, are you interested in Piglet? Do you want to help develop Piglet?” Arne asked me. Piglet is the new language he recently released, of course, another Lisp.
“Sure, where
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The Hidden Lessons in a re-frame App
by Laurence Chen
I took over a web application whose frontend was built with re-frame, and not long after I started working on it, I felt a bit of discomfort. So, I decided
On Cognitive Alignment
by Laurence Chen
There was once a time when a client asked me to add a rate limit to an HTTP API. I quickly identified three similar options, all of which could apply
Beyond the If Pattern
by Laurence Chen
In my work at Gaiwan, there was a piece of code with poor quality that always felt like a thorn in my side. For a long time, I couldn’t
On Interactive Development
by Laurence Chen
When I was a child, my sister caught chickenpox. Instead of isolating us, our parents let us continue playing together, and I ended up getting infected too. My father said,