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Blog Updates
Dusted off my website, with big plans ahead.
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Python Snippet: Send Email via SMTP
Python snippet for sending an email via SMTP.
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Shell Snippet: Encrypt Files with AES256
Quickly encrypt a message or a file for sending to your colleagues over unsecure messengers (Slack, etc).
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Haskell Snippet: Sierpinski Triangle
A fun Haskell sample that draws a Sierpinski triangle via ASCII characters.
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Regexp Replacement via Function in Java/Scala
Replace in strings via regexp, with the replacement being calculated via a function.
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Async Queue in TypeScript
Production-ready, Promise-enabled async queue.
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Scala Snippet: Blocking Task
Monix Task implementation for wrapping (suspending) blocking I/O such that it can be canceled. s Imported from gist.github.com.
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Scala's isInstanceOf is an Anti-Pattern
Scala has a much better way of discriminating between types. Scala has implicit parameters, with which you can describe type classes.
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On Bifunctor IO and Java's Checked Exceptions
Bifunctor IO is a hot topic in the Scala community. Herein I’m expressing my dislike for it, as it shares the problems of Java’s Checked Exceptions.
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In Defense of OOFP
OOP versus Type Classes, exemplified and in defense of the Scala collections redesign.
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Minitest: Zero Crap Scala Testing Library
Minitest is my minimal testing library that I’ve been using for developing Monix.
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What is Functional Programming?
FP is programming with (mathematical) functions, there’s no room for interpretation.
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Scala Days 2017 — Monix Task
My presentation from Scala Days 2017, Chicago (April) and Copenhagen (June), on the design of Monix’s Task.
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Introduction
JavaScript’s Promise leaks memory in recursive loops and what you can do about it.
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Automatic Releases to Maven Central with Travis and SBT
Enabling automatic releases for your open source Scala project with Travis and SBT.
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Functional Programming Inception (Presentation)
My presentation from the Bucharest FP meetup.
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Asynchronous Programming and Scala
Asynchrony is everywhere and it subsumes concurrency. This article explains what asynchronous processing is and its challenges.
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Fixing scala.collection.Iterator
The venerable Iterator interface we all love and hate could use some improvements. This is a follow-up to my previous article, in which I talked about getting rid of Traversable because the Iterable and Iterator duo is enough for Scala’s standard library.
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Why Scala's Traversable Is Bad Design
Traversable was a design mistake, is redundant and we should remove it.
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Add to NewsBlur Bookmarklet
An Add to NewsBlur bookmarklet that you can copy-paste for iPhone/iPad/Android usage
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