birdfood

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by birdfood 4y ago
I'm using a language with easier data parsing this year and so far I'm having a much better time (I'm also more time poor and these exercises fit in pretty nicely to a bit of after dinner free time).
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by birdfood 4y ago
I felt similar last year. I was trying to do them in Zig and Rust, and it felt like most of the challenge was just writing custom data parsers for poorly formatted data which felt too much like my day job.
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by birdfood 4y ago
Haven't tried it really only due to a lack of time (and I've played with too many languages in the past 12 months)
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by birdfood 4y ago
If twitter were to cease operation today, what is the maximum amount of money Elon can personally recuperate?
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by birdfood 4y ago
It's cool to read that treeform is using Nim at reddit (and helps explain why he's so prolific!). I see the same question sometimes asked "what is Nim's killer feature", "what is Nim better at than other langua
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by birdfood 4y ago
Bit left field, but I think Haxe is a good "higher level rust". * It's garbage collected * Has algebraic types (enums similar to rust's) * Pattern matching as good as rust's * Null check strictness can be configured
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by birdfood 4y ago
The end result doesn't look anything like C! Really nice. Nim almost feels like I'm writing a dynamic scripting language, except that I've worked with a typed python code base and it sucked because typing always felt taped on
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by birdfood 4y ago
I'm looking forward to the day when we have bio-engineered slugs that feed off the left over food in our mouths while we sleep. If their trails can strengthen enamel all the better!
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by birdfood 4y ago
I've been diving into Nim in my free time after experimenting with Zig and Rust. I really appreciate how clearly I can layout business logic in code without needing to qualify what the compiler should do (my biggest issue with rust is
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by birdfood 4y ago
This was a good, concise explainer. Thanks! I've worked on a python code base that used a lot of deep, multiple inheritance (using mixins) and it was a nightmare to add or change behaviour, so I know the pain. I think the design patter
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by birdfood 4y ago
I make my own surfboards for similar reasons. I tend to only code in my free time if I can't surf, or work on my next board (night time or no surf). Not sure how wood working it toddler friendly though?
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by birdfood 4y ago
I did a size comparison of the 13 mini when I was last in an apple store, and it was like 10mm bigger all around. A small phone by comparison but I like the SE better
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by birdfood 4y ago
My personal machine is the first and only new computer I ever bought: a 2012 Mac book air. I wanted to get a pro but couldn't justify the price. I took it in to get the battery replaced a couple of years ago instead of upgrading, again
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by birdfood 4y ago
Good summary, I haven't touched threads but I'd agree with everything else. I'd also add that since the language feels dynamic, I feel like my code is less structured, but I think this might just be because all the boilerplat
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by birdfood 4y ago
I've bounced around a few languages this year, looking for a language to use in my spare time for fun / enjoyment / skills growth (I have a similar set of criteria to you). I've looked at rust, swift, haxe, zig, and now