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How to value things.

Safely and gradually rolling out large-scale changes on a codebase.

Why don't we just...?

Moving past our current local maxima.

The most important quality.

An email sent to my city council.

A long and winding grade-separated multi-use path.

The beliefs that underlie certain philosophies.

A classic staple.

A delicious Italian-inspired recipe.

The choice is clear.

A language server for Jsonnet.

A reassuring delusion.

I like trains.

A constructive proof of an equivalence.

Going beyond testing the behavior of programs.

Avoid typing your password every time you ssh.

A recipe for a tasty snack.

What I'd like to see from Rust going forward.

Tips and pointers for knowing what's going on with a Git repository.

A strategy for code organization.

A way to think about writing recursive functions.

A technicality hidden in some asymptotic cost bounds.

An analogy for software engineer levels.

A language server for Standard ML.

The next generation of programming languages.

Removing the distinction between functions and methods.

Another little idiom I like.

Alternative title: "tradeoffs exist".

Trying to do better.

Tips on communicating effectively.

An overall positive outlook on humanity.

Various varieties of function in programming languages.

An exhortation to create.

A little idiom I like.

A particular writing style that may not work for you, but sometimes works for me.

Adding sums (aka "enums" or "tagged unions") to a small PL.

Adding product types (aka "structs" or "tuples") to a small PL.

Adding pure functions to a small PL.

The beginnings of a small, formally defined PL.

Things I use to study Japanese.