The "Begin Rust" book

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Thoughts on Fasting
Thoughts on Fasting

A number of people expressed interest in my current multiday fast. Let me share some layperson's thoughts on the topic.

Stop supporting older GHCs
Stop supporting older GHCs

An argument for dropping support in libraries for older versions of GHC

Deprecating the Haskell markdown library
Deprecating the Haskell markdown library

I'm considering deprecating the markdown library I wrote

I am not snoyjerk
I am not snoyjerk

There's a user on Reddit known as snoyjerk. Just setting the record straight to avoid confusion: that's not me.

My open source goals
My open source goals

I'm planning on changing my open source priorities to focus more on helping others work on projects.

Building packages outside snapshots
Building packages outside snapshots

Sometimes you want to build a package that isn't in the latest Stackage snapshots. Here's a quick trick to making that easier.

Guide to matrix.org and riot.im
Guide to matrix.org and riot.im

A user-oriented guide to using Matrix.org and Riot.im, intended for using them for open source project communication.

Stop breaking compatibility
Stop breaking compatibility

Without a doubt, the most dangerous thing in all of software development is breaking backwards compatibility. We need to stop this!

LambdaConf Haskell Hackathon 2018
LambdaConf Haskell Hackathon 2018

Some details on an upcoming hackathon, and how you can request contributions to your open source projects

Quick guide to the Jewish Holidays
Quick guide to the Jewish Holidays

A quick overview of the Jewish holidays, the calendar they originate from, and how I observe them

Haskell Ecosystem Requests
Haskell Ecosystem Requests

Some requests for changes in how some parts of the Haskell ecosystem are maintained

Stack Patching Policy
Stack Patching Policy

Discussion of a potential policy change for Stack

The Conduitpocalypse
The Conduitpocalypse

Announcing a bunch of breaking library releases

SLURP
SLURP

My comments on the SLURP proposal

Breaking changes, dependency trees
Breaking changes, dependency trees

Some thoughts on upcoming library breaking changes, and how to restructure dependency trees

Drop Conduit's Finalizers?
Drop Conduit's Finalizers?

Time to ask a really hard question: is it time to remove Conduit's finalizer concept from the library?

Review of The Bridge strength program
Review of The Bridge strength program

My review of The Bridge strength program by Barbell Medicine

Dropped packages following LTS 10
Dropped packages following LTS 10

Following the release of LTS 10, we've removed a bunch of upper bounds and dropped some packages from Stackage Nightly

What Makes Haskell Unique
What Makes Haskell Unique

A talk I gave at F(by) 2017 on what makes Haskell different from other languages

Stack and Nightly breakage
Stack and Nightly breakage

An explanation for why Stack 1.5 won't build Stackage Nightly snapshots right now

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