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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 5 posts
When Two Services That Passed the Type Checker Halt Waiting for Each Other — Choreography as a Different Approach
Using a language that guarantees memory safety does not stop two services from halting while each waits for a message from the other, because the field of view of a type checker ends at one process. Choreographic program
2026-08-09 · 8 min read #programming-languages#compiler#distributed-systems#type-systems#concurrencyThe Charm of Small Languages — Janet, Lua, and the World of Embeddable Scripting
The essay Why Janet is back on the HN front page, and interest in small embeddable languages is reviving. From the success story of Lua to the design philosophy of Janet, hands-on C embedding examples, an introduction to
2026-06-12 · 16 min read #janet#lua#embedded-scripting#dsl#programming-languagesNiche Modern Programming Languages 2026 Deep Dive - Crystal, Pony, Mojo, Carbon, Hare, Roc, Vale, Virgil
A 2026 survey of programming languages beyond the mainstream. Crystal, Pony, Mojo, Carbon, Hare, Roc, Vale, Virgil, Gleam, Grain, Chapel, Inko, Hylo, Austral, Odin, Jai, V, Wuffs, Mun, and Beef — each language's design p
2026-05-16 · 19 min read #programming-languages#crystal#pony#mojo#carbonNiche & Emerging Programming Languages 2026 — Crystal / Nim / V / Carbon / Mojo / Pony / Hare / Roc / Hylo / Vale / Koka / Tcl 9 / Fortran 2023 Deep Dive
A tour of niche and emerging programming languages as of May 2026: Crystal 1.14, Nim 2.x, V (Vlang) in eternal beta, Carbon in alpha, Mojo 2024.8 GA, Pony, Hare, Roc, Hylo, Vale, Inko, Koka, Common Lisp (SBCL), Racket, T
2026-05-16 · 21 min read #programming-languages#crystal#nim#vlang#vFunctional Languages in 2026 — A Camp-by-Camp Survey of Haskell, OCaml, Elm, Gleam, Roc, Unison, Lean 4, F#, Clojure
Functional programming sounds like one tribe but five families actually live in different houses. As of May 2026 we map who is alive in each camp, what is growing, what is fading. Jane Street's full move to OCaml 5, Merc
2026-05-14 · 32 min read #functional-programming#haskell#ocaml#elm#gleam