I like programming languages to be expressive, I like them when they help me get results faster rather than getting in my way with…

Welcome to the first alpha release of Rails 7. It brings some very exciting new answers to how we do JavaScript, an awesome approach to at-work encryption with Active Record, SQL query origin logging, asynchronous query loading, exclusive autoloading thro... (more…)

The people behind JavaScript is a series of interviews with the members of TC39. The committee consists of JavaScript enthusiasts and language experts who get together to define how new versions of JavaScript should work. (more…)

Constants can be confusing and easy to misuse in Go if you are coming from an untyped language. In this article we will learn what constants are, and when it is best to make use of them. Most of the points I make here apply to general-purpose programming ... (more…)

This website is assembled with JavaScript, mainly because that's the easiest way to use the excellent KaTeX. I'm using Metalsmith to write the blog, which has been very pleasant, but every so often the essential madness of JS shines through. (more…)