Articles by Tag #functional
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A quiet rewrite of the Web: PureScript on the rooftops of JavaScript
JavaScript became more than code — a culture, a dynasty, a paradox. In the shadow of this legacy, a...
Solving Elm Router "Double Update" Problem
I found some older discussions on this issue, but they did not really provide a clear...
How was my experience at Lambda Days 2025
A Brazilian Portuguese version of this article is available here. What is Lambda...
Traduje “la guía” de Elm al español
Escribí una traducción al español de “Introducción a Elm”. Es un libro digital escrito por el mismo...
Referential transparency with mutation
From a conversation with perplexity.ai about a hypothetical programming language. Referential...
Value Objects in PHP 8: Let's introduce a functional approach
NOTE: If you're new to Value Objects, I recommend starting with the first article to understand the...
The Six Patterns That Cover Everything
Six patterns describe every possible data flow. They also describe every business process. This isn't coincidence - it's why they work as a shared language between developers and business.
Functional takes on GoF design patterns
There is a meme that every (OOP) GoF design pattern can just be replaced with a function. If you...
Dive Deep into Higher-Order Functions: Essential Resources for Functional Programmers
The Magic of Functions That Manipulate Functions In the fascinating world of programming,...
Discriminated unions in C#
Intro This small article is about algebraic data types and their surrogates in C#. ...
Refined Types in Rust: Parse, Don't Validate
Originally published on Entropic Drift The String Problem How many times have you seen...
Refactoring a God Object Detector That Was Itself a God Object
Originally published on Entropic Drift The Irony My code analysis tool debtmap has a...
Three Patterns That Made Prodigy's Functional Migration Worth It
Originally published on Entropic Drift The Migration Story Over the past few weeks,...
Type-Safe Collections in C#: How NonEmptyList Eliminates Runtime Exceptions
The Problem with Empty Collections Every C# developer has encountered this scenario: a...
I Re-implemented Java Streams to Understand Lazy Evaluation
Why do this? I have always been very fascinated by how some libraries that I use...
Building Type-Safe CLIs in Python with Maybe Monads
Building Type-Safe CLIs in Python with Maybe Monads I got tired of writing the same input...
Stillwater 1.0: Pragmatic Effect Composition and Validation for Rust
Originally published on Entropic Drift I'm proud to announce the release of stillwater 1.0, a...
Compile-Time Resource Tracking in Rust: From Runtime Brackets to Type-Level Safety
Originally published on Entropic Drift The Problem: Runtime Resource Leaks Resource...
First-Class Functions in JavaScript
For developers learning JavaScript, the term "first-class functions" frequently appears in...
Temporal State Coordination: A Timeline of a Timeline
Accurate timing is hard. Was hard. I wrote Twixt because I wanted to include unique, performant,...
Why did OOP become popular (from a DX perspective)?
My thoughts: I propose OOP (class-based, C++, Java, etc.) became popular (more so than FP) because...
Composable Async Pipelines in TypeScript: One Result Type, Zero Adapters
This is Part 2 of Railway-Oriented TypeScript. Part 1 counted the glue code tax in forms. The same...
Functional Composition in JavaScript
Also known as function pipelines. Functional composition is the idea of creating a new function by...
Pipex: The Rust Pipeline Revolution — From Pure Functions to GPU Acceleration
How a simple functional pipeline library evolved into the advanced data processing framework in...
Cracking the Code: Why AI Still Struggles with List Languages by Arvind Sundararajan
Cracking the Code: Why AI Still Struggles with List Languages Ever watch an AI stumble...
Functional Ruby Programming with Trailblazer
Discover how to leverage functional programming principles in Ruby using Trailblazer, enhancing code quality and maintainability.
Core Premise of Function in JavaScript
Is this a function in JavaScript? function fiveSquared() { return 5 * 5 } ...
From Ruby OOP to Elixir Functional by Example
One of the most effective ways to learn functional programming is to convert the same features you've...
Rediscovering Effect Management with Effect Maps
Many programming paradigms revolve around a single idea — whether that’s composition, purity,...
Is this our last chance to use fun programming languages at work?
Do you care what programming language to use? I often think about reddit discussions, where someone...