Elixir, space exploration, digital learning, disruptive technology. he/him https://xitter.cf/t.co/iQ9jSsQaz6
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If you're an OO programmer, try immersing yourself in a functional programming language full time for a year. When you come back to your OOP language, prepare to be surprised how much unnecessary complexity and opaqueness it carries.
Every day, I hear software developers choose cryptic language when plain language could be used. For example, using an acronym when saying the words is just as easy, or never defining uncommon terms. Does this come from a desire to sound smart?
Hey @SlackHQ: Could you please support @elixirlang in your code snippets? It would be much appreciated.
New blog post: Visualizing Neuron Weights in a Tensorflow model: moxleystratton.com/tensorflo…
Passing tests may feel good-- and they're important-- but I'm reminded every day that tests are no substitute for thorough reasoning of my code.
Question on @Quora: What is the largest known star? quora.com/What-is-the-larges…
My experience with running TensorFlow Python programs on MacOS: moxleystratton.com/tensorflo…
"If you don't understand it, then I've succeeded in my objective of sounding intelligent"
-- Seemingly most of the authors of Tensorflow tutorials
I'm delighted to learn that my lightning talk at @ElixirConf was recorded and published: youtube.com/embed/EMBUrruCmL…
September's Elixir/Erlang meetup is happening this Wednesday. Daniel Hedlund with do a Deep Dive into Dialyzer. Come join us! RSVP and details: meetup.com/Portland-Erlang-E…
If you're against having DRY tests, how do you prevent bogus tests that result from copy pasta errors? I just found several in one test file today.
“Pros and cons of functional programming” by Iren Korkishko itnext.io/pros-and-cons-of-f…
Re Elixir: "the community has a healthy aversion towards the sort of “magic” that makes Rails tick" pagerduty.com/blog/elixir-at…
“Why Doctors Are Running Out of Empathy” by @amohseni medium.com/s/story/what-lies…