Ben's code log

How I finally learned what a "monad" is

I struggled. But then I invented it to learn it.

SQL Database Design with Yesod and Persistent

How to write your models for a normalized database.

StrangeLoop 2017

Lessons and learnings...

3 Tools I Use On Every Server

The first things I install when I start a fun new adventure.

A Perl Script to Tell You The Sunrise and Sunset

That's right, I can still do Perl.

Robust Clojure: The best way to handle nil

Treat it as a type, like Nothing, not a value like null.

Pattern matching as a tool for refactoring

Pattern matching is useful even if you don't end up using `match` because it helps you reason about your code

Clojure learning resources