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Daniel Markham

Daniel Markham

My Four Kinds Of Writing

My Four Kinds Of Writing

I think that personally understanding and using these four writing patterns can help. At least they've helped me.
Daniel Markham Feb 12, 2023
Technology Has Lost Its Pragmatism

Technology Has Lost Its Pragmatism

So we have two questions here: One, how do we draw boundaries around our computer programs such that we minimize the risk of any one concept failing? Two, how do we define any one term such that it is impossible for there to be a misunderstanding or for the program to crash?
Daniel Markham Feb 10, 2023
2023-02-10 Roundup

2023-02-10 Roundup

Haskell, Category Theory, Falling out of love with programming, All Education is Bullshit, Gifted kids are special needs, and more this week.
Daniel Markham Feb 9, 2023
2023-02-03 Roundup

2023-02-03 Roundup

Erlang theory, Sky Yachting, my essay on how functional programming is a different kettle of fish, lots of AI news, UAPs and endless Seinfeld
Daniel Markham Feb 3, 2023
No, It's Not All The Same

No, It's Not All The Same

My friend, your book premise is horribly whack, but good news: the details can stay the same as long as the reader understands that this is only Step One
Daniel Markham Jan 29, 2023
The Biggest Problem In Real-World Computer Programming

The Biggest Problem In Real-World Computer Programming

One-hundred years ago a logician pointed out that naming variables is hard. Programmers can (and must) fix this problem
Daniel Markham Jan 17, 2023
Cloudy Weekend: Migrating My Blog Engine

Cloudy Weekend: Migrating My Blog Engine

I crashed my CMS server and had to do an emergency lift-and-shift upgrade over the weekend. Here's how it went
Daniel Markham Jan 10, 2023

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