Me

• I live in the UK
• I like art, poetry, playing guitar and birding
• I'd say I like reading and writing but I probably don't do either enough to qualify
• Sophie and I post some of our bird videos on Youtube
• I work as a computer programmer: python and typescript for job but definitely not for fun
• I have a cute cat named Ada

Website

• Formerly c400 lines of Raku, now written in c500 lines of F#
• Served by Caddy
• Tailwind with an old-school vibe, for nostalgia
• The logo is a Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula Pyrrhula) - my favourite bird

Extraterrestrial Observations

• Comet Neowise (April '20)
• SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 (May '20)
• Comet C/2023 A3 "Tsuchinshan" (October '24)

Programming

Updated: August 2024 (because I change my mind all the time)

Languages I like

• Common Lisp
• Raku
• F#
• Crystal or D
• Ada or Pascal
• Rescript or Fable

It's starting to feel like niche languages are getting less appealing though.

Languages I would like to learn

• Java or Kotlin
• Prolog (or Datalog?)
• Circle

Cool blogs

In no particular order:

• https://blog.ploeh.dk/ - C#
• https://ferd.ca/ - Erlang/Elixir
• https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/ - Python
• https://protesilaos.com/ - Philosophy-ish
• https://lemire.me/blog/ - Fast code
• https://shape-of-code.com/ - Software analysis
• https://danluu.com/ - General/tech
• https://www.hxa.name/ - Programming
• https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/ - F#
• https://www.thehallofeinar.com/ - Wildlife photo/blog
• https://datagubbe.se/ - Programming
• https://two-wrongs.com/ - Programming
• https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/blog/ - Biblical Archaeology