Impure Pics

FP Advocat. Distilling functional programming for the good of all.

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- if you are curious or working through something related to FP, Haskell, Scala, PureScript, Unison...
- if you are an old friend who wants to catch up as well
- if you have a hot take on the future of FP

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Anyone interested in 1-1/mentoring/Q&A/whatever FP conversation? 

Not trying to sell or record anything, just looking for new ways to help (and talk to someone outside of the immediate bubbles)

Ping me on Discord (Zelenya) or DM here or on other platforms

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- The purpose and design of Alexandrite
- Differences between "normal" compilers and "analyzers"
- Reasons to choose Rust or OCaml for compiler development
- Internals of compilers, some optimizations and tradeoffs
- Importance of clarity and posterity

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Justin is building Alexandrite – a PureScript analyzer – designed for interactive editing.
Wonder why languages need multiple compilers? How do language servers work? And how long does it take to compile a hundred thousand lines of PureScript?
https://t.co/178oBDyl05

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Justin is building Alexandrite – a PureScript analyzer – designed for interactive editing.
Wonder why languages need multiple compilers? How do language servers work? And how long does it take to compile a hundred thousand lines of PureScript?
https://t.co/178oBDyl05

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@rockthejvm Critical thinking

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@isaacvando journey building Software Should Work, an independent conference on software reliability; the technical decisions behind the conference website; and insights into the importance of thinking about software and caring about the user experience.

https://t.co/FFHoTAR7Wh

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@GabriellaG439 takes us on a journey with Grace: from a typed interpreted functional programming language to prompt-engineering pipelines; cunning LLMs, agentic coding, the importance of ownership, typing the code out, and holistic knowledge...

https://t.co/H84WSwmZhD

[Matej Cerny @matej_cerny]

You can't go wrong learning Haskell. Think of it like weightlifting for your brain - tough at first, but it teaches you the core mechanics. If that sounds too heavy, Elm is a fantastic, easier starting point. Unison is a great pick, too! #haskell
https://t.co/bsa4tiR0f4

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Need to represent some complex data? Looking for a d3 alternative? Or just want to look at pretty visualizations?

https://t.co/b8qdlYbngX

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Why learn Haskell (functional programming, or anything) in 2026? https://t.co/aeBwl3fIzD

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@jessfraz @jarredsumner @charliermarsh @mitsuhiko @dhh Started one this week for a similar reason. Video first. I want to see the code, the tech, the product.

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A conversation about APIs that can't lie: PureScript libraries for HTTP, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL

https://t.co/sA1zI3IMDB

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Nobody knows what the future of programming looks like. If the coding stays, the types and compilers will play a bigger role. Probably. https://t.co/bhsTTWNZBi

If we are all jobless and irrelevant soon, at least I get this off my chest.

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Anyone interested in 1-1/mentoring/Q&A/whatever FP conversation? 

Not trying to sell or record anything, just looking for new ways to help (and talk to someone outside of the immediate bubbles)

Ping me on Discord (Zelenya) or DM here or on other platforms

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This was posted by a cli app written in Unison. Here is how: https://t.co/uNUr1fO7y4

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I'm a big fan of fp and obsessed with myths surrounding it. Now that we are entering a new era of programming and I'm entering a new era of being a grumpy grandpa, I want to share a story about PureScript and ramble about agency and agents.

https://t.co/6Bk5yoIPmQ

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I lost my mind. Let’s go through each of the 23 GoF patterns and see which one I actually see being used and what the functional alternatives are (if any)

https://t.co/h72hpK19Z1

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Friction in programming and why FP isn’t mainstream

https://t.co/qq4SnWsAoz

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Between industry and craft:
https://t.co/LM8fYS5nlW

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Trying out Gleam: https://t.co/CsnufrlGjW

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PureScript for Scala devs
https://t.co/Pr79Z9pbcI