Extending instances on creation for debugging
A neat trick you can do in Scala is extending an object (instance of an existing class) on the fly when you instantiate it. This comes in very handy when…
Scala streams – out of memory
I was doing Advent of Code and was working on generating numbers based on a pattern (day 15). (more…)
Name types, not just variables
A primitive data type can be defined as the most basic building block of a programming language. Typical primitive data types are integers, floats and booleans. Whether you differentiate between…
Distributed collections in the standard library
When working with sets of data, we usually work with strict (eager) collections. Sometimes we wish to work with lazy collections such as when we're dealing with infinite streams. If…
Web development with Elixir
I created a small hobby project, an online comic book reader, using the fairly new programming language Elixir and a framework called Phoenix which I knew nothing about. These are…
Atom – A hackable text editor for the 21st Century
Suppose we have two extremes when it comes to code editors. In one corner are the old school trusted veterans like Emacs and Vim, and in one corner are the…