Harry Garrood’s blog

Have you ever struggled to understand the Pokémon type effectiveness chart when it’s laid out like this?

Edit history: 25 Sep 2022: I’ve updated the suggested caching configuration below to use separate caches for dependencies and incremental build products. 3 Nov 2022: I’ve added an appendix which discusses options for incremental Haskell builds in Nix.

I’ve decided it is time for me to step down from the PureScript core team.

Many PureScript programmers will have made use of the Generic type class at some point to cut down on the amount of boilerplate needed to define instances for their data types.

This is a copy of an email I sent to my local MP today, regarding a survey being run by the House of Commons on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy.

Earlier this week, I found and addressed some malicious code in the purescript npm installer.

It’s been around 3 and a half years since I wrote this post about why PureScript uses Bower and not npm.

This is part two of three in a series where I will argue that it is time to consign the Show type class to the dustbin of history.

This is part three of three in a series in which I will argue that it is time to consign the Show type class to the dustbin of history.

I find it enlightening that in functional programming, usually the best solution is to program with functions. ;) — Edward Kmett, from the /r/haskell thread Definitive guide on when to use typeclasses?