Dustin Getz's blog

blogs from my path to becoming a better software engineer

18 Feb 2014: Building dynamic forms with Facebook React
12 Sep 2013: A very brief comparison of Knockout, Angular and Facebook React
11 Sep 2013: Promises are the same as simple function composition
13 May 2013: Dependency injection in Javascript, AngularJS style
05 May 2013: doing imperative things like mutating a GameState in FP - related to the monadic logger syntax
26 Mar 2013: Datomic solves the O/R impedance mismatch
09 Oct 2012: can Haskell prove that a program will not crash?
07 Oct 2012: intro to monads in python. identity, maybe, error
07 Oct 2012: Java sucks because idiomatic java is bad code
03 Oct 2012: implement python generators without yield
02 Oct 2012: Writer, Reader, and State monads in Python
25 Sep 2012: datomic "a better sql" high level summary
24 Sep 2012: Strange Loop 2012 talk - Monads for normal people in python (slides)
21 Jul 2012: monads for normal people in python and clojure
11 Jul 2012: demo of nonblocking list comprehension with cps monad
30 Jun 2012: trivially parallelize blocking queries with Futures
26 Apr 2012: smarts vs experience
25 Apr 2012: higher-level iteration
20 Apr 2012: if monads are so awesome, why don't more people use them?
20 Apr 2012: they are paying you to accept a much lower intellectual growth rate
07 Apr 2012: Dustin's awesome monad tutorial for humans, in Python
19 Mar 2012: Philly Lambda presents Paul deGrandis on Clojure Powered Startups
18 Mar 2012: Clojure encourages immutable style, Common Lisp does not
19 Feb 2012: Talk- use continuations for something useful
30 Jan 2012: TIL python 1.0 included higher order functions by accident
21 Nov 2011: the [un]necessity of superstar middle management in bigcos
18 Nov 2011: notes on McCarthy seminal paper on LISP
15 Nov 2011: everything priced above its proper value
14 Oct 2011: stages of growth as a software engineer
07 Oct 2011: fascinating cs explanation of why "java generics are not covariant"
06 Oct 2011: the cost of accidental complexity, a dumb example
05 Oct 2011: mainstream FP is a ways away, due to out-of-band problems
23 Sep 2011: type-checked null in java (or, how to make NPEs impossible)
20 Sep 2011: functional decomposition is the silver bullet
20 Aug 2011: nostrademons quote, 75h work week harmful to personal growth
20 Aug 2011: java memory performance tuning, when rendering webapp markup
20 Aug 2011: forget functional programing, lets do narrative programming
19 Aug 2011: i'm not sure if ORMs are an anti-pattern
19 Aug 2011: I'm calling native code from C# and it crashes, how do i catch the exception?
19 Aug 2011: confident code vs timid code
17 Aug 2011: java sucks
08 Aug 2011: java sucks, because it makes functional idioms frustratingly heavy to use
07 Aug 2011: linus quote, think and analyze motherfucker*
05 Aug 2011: fail-hard vs log/continue
05 Aug 2011: extjs ajax implementation internals, and the evolution of XMLHttpRequest
03 Aug 2011: jquery is for web-pages, extjs is for web-apps
22 Jul 2011: wrong code should look wrong
09 Jul 2011: peter principle is bullshit
07 Jul 2011: yet another initial reaction to g+
05 Jul 2011: the importance of shared ownership in software teams
04 Jul 2011: do dynamic languages scale past teams of 8?
28 Jun 2011: How to Read Code
24 Jun 2011: RE seth godin, "how do you know when it's done?"
22 Jun 2011: commenting protip, use your code review system snippets
15 Jun 2011: understanding the opposite viewpoint
06 Jun 2011: Rockstars, what lessons would you teach your younger self?
04 Jun 2011: ExtJS, understanding dynamic component state, properties and methods
04 Jun 2011: AWS might not be the best choice for enterprise hosting
02 Jun 2011: java in practice, best way to stop using checked exceptions
18 May 2011: clear code vs correct code
15 May 2011: how to demo an enterprise iPad app near tech conference wifi with a pringles can
11 May 2011: if every day you improve yourself 1% (quote)
07 May 2011: Steve Jobs on excuses
05 May 2011: how to become an expert swegr
04 May 2011: do-not-track isn't as stupid as some think
02 May 2011: linus on magic code
21 Apr 2011: understanding "99.95%" availability
17 Apr 2011: google's energy cost, compared to heating a cup of tea
08 Apr 2011: miracle workers
07 Apr 2011: RE "VCs are not record labels"
07 Apr 2011: password security the free & easy way!
07 Apr 2011: Javascript frameworks, JQuery vs EXT
14 Mar 2011: why write yet another blogging tool?
13 Mar 2011: how do you validate yourself?
06 Mar 2011: you have more control than you think
06 Mar 2011: What hotel wifi fees can teach us about people
06 Mar 2011: Stop saying "I"
06 Mar 2011: people aren't stupid
06 Mar 2011: Lessons in marketing from a 15-year-old
06 Mar 2011: I have a blog serving static content from a database, how can i make it faster?
06 Mar 2011: Don't kick the cat!
06 Mar 2011: 51 hours left to live