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Blog now on gemini Published by Arun Isaac on September 11, 2026 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: software, gemini, lisp, emacs My blog is now mirrored on the gemini small web protocol.

Why I name my projects in Tamil Published by Arun Isaac on August 08, 2026 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: tamil, politics, india, software, colonialism I often pick inscrutable Tamil names for my software projects.

Expanding Guile macros one step at a time Published by Arun Isaac on June 24, 2026 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: lisp, scheme, software When debugging Guile macros, sometimes one expansion step is all you need.

git-bug: a quick HOWTO Published by Arun Isaac on March 25, 2026 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: git, software I’m trying out git-bug, the distributed offline-first issue tracker.

Deploy Guix on DigitalOcean without cloud-init Published by Arun Isaac on September 18, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: guix, software A cloud-init service for Guix is still a work in progress.

Complex end-to-end tests using Guix G-expressions Published by Arun Isaac on September 10, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: guix, software, scheme, lisp Complex end-to-end tests in development repositories involving packages written in several languag…

with-imported-modules and friends Published by Arun Isaac on August 31, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: guix, software, scheme, lisp What is the ubiquitous with-imported-modules in G-expressions?

Indent generated G-expression scripts Published by Arun Isaac on August 28, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: guix, software, scheme, lisp Indent generated G-expression scripts with this trick to aid in debugging!

Gridbeam floor table Published by Arun Isaac on August 11, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: gridbeam, project I finally finished my first gridbeam project—a floor table to work sitting on the floor.

Propagator networks very briefly Published by Arun Isaac on June 30, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: software, propagator networks Propagator networks are a novel way to express computation that allow us to escape the expression-orientedness of tradi…

Factory farming is bad Published by Arun Isaac on June 17, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: environment I spoke at a debate on factory farming at my department in University College London.

Table of Contents A quick primer to G-expressions Building store items Interning files into the store Our G-expression build system Hello world A more complex C program—building sent More examples Discussion USPs No make clean or make -B necessary No time…

Printable Shavian dictionary of the 1650 most common English words Published by Arun Isaac on March 29, 2025 In other languages: தமிழ் Tags: software, shavian Printable Shavian dictionary of the 1650 most common English words to help you learn the script…