webbureaucrat articles - 49 total
Finding a Successful Build of NodeJS in Nixpkgs
My latest irritation has been using NodeJS with Nix. Unfortunately, I've had a few unfortunate draws...
Building a Directory with `buildNpmPackage` in a Nix Derivation
Candidly, I'm very surprised it seems like no one has written this article yet, but I looked and it...
The Ten Commandments of Writing Programming Tutorials
Writing programming tutorials has made me better appreciate the pitfalls of writing. It's also made...
Emacs for Python and Poetry Using `basedpyright-langserver`
I am very pleased with my current emacs setup for Python, but I found setup to be a little tricky. I...
A Font Family Choice for Pragmatism and Disability Allyship
A side note for Dev.to readers: if you want to see this font in action, read this article instead in...
Iced for Desktop Development in Rust
As someone who loves Elm and has recently fallen in love with Rust, I was delighted to learn there...
Setting and Reading Session Cookies in Rust with Actix Web
In case it's not readily apparent, I've been having some trouble picking a backend stack recently,...
Writing a (Nix-Friendly) Hello World Web App in Haskell with Scotty
Okay, so this article has been written before, and I don't have a lot new to add, but some of these...
Running and Connecting to Postgres Using Docker Compose
Setting up a new development environment from scratch can feel like a slog. This is a quick...
Idris FizzBuzz Part IV: Main and .ipkg Files
This is the fourth and final part of a walkthrough of FizzBuzz, a common interview problem, in Idris....
Idris FizzBuzz Part III: Defining Types and Importing Modules
This is Part III of my attempt to explain how to use the Idris programming language through a...
Idris FizzBuzz Part II: Maybes, Infix Notation, and Idris Holes
Let's conntinue on our journey of writing FizzBuzz in the Idris programming language. If you haven't...
Idris FizzBuzz Part I: Monads, Comments, and assert_smaller
My journey of learning the Idris programming language continues! This article will start a tutorial...
Hello, Idris World! and Why I'm Excited for a Total Programming Language
This article represents my first attempt to get up and running with the Idris programming language....
Why Every Programming Language is Terrible
Tell me you've never hated your programming language. Tell me it doesn't have any features you...
Running Play Framework on NixOS using JDK 11
Good morning! First, some personal news: I'm switching to NixOS, and I'm kind of excited about it, so...
De-Microsofting Your Development Environment
Anyone who has been following the web ecosystem over the last few years knows it has been rapidly...
Continuously Deploying to GitLab's NPM Package Registry
In a previous article, we explored how to continuously deploy to the npmjs.com package registry. This...
The Second Best Way to Pick Your Next Programming Language
Experienced developers often say that the best way to pick your next language to learn is to pick a...
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Writing Elm Ports in ReScript - 0.3
This is an update to a previous article following a breaking change in the res-elm binding. In short,...
Why I'm Not Writing about Myself for SheCoded
First: I do get the irony of this article; there's no way around the idea that I am, actually,...
Better Continuous Deployment with GitLab CI/CD
This article follows up with a previous article, which details the bare minimum for a CI/CD pipeline...
Stop installing CLI tools and consider doing this instead
Some platforms are more delicate than others. Once, in college, I ended up with a Scala installation...
What's a good online course for Unit Testing in C#?
Please give me recommendations!
Binding to a JavaScript Function that Returns a Variant in ReScript
ReScript provides easy ways to bind to most JavaScript functions in a way that feels both native and...
Styling for Internet Explorer Using Progressive Enhancement
Internet Explorer 11 accounts for less than one percent of total Internet usage globally and less...
Writing Service Workers in ReScript
Does your SPA work fully offline? Would you like to define a caching strategy in an exhaustively...
Setting Up Webpack for ReScript
As much as I strongly prefer ES6 modules, using them with ReScript (formerly BuckleScript / ReasonML)...