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you can always find examples to learn from in nixpkgs git repo. If the package can build from source, look at other package with similar dependencies. If the package is binary dist…

from now on every new machines will be easily replicated with configs from older machines: copy the config file over, type one command and let nix does the rest

nix is the solution. It's totally different from any random packager you've seen. It goes the reversed direction of abstracting dependencies away: it makes dependencies explicit (a…

yes, it's included. Nix config files will automatically generate and run services. There's also Nixops which is a tool to push these config to remote machines ie cloud vms.

> This is actually fairly common in Clojure annd Clojure script. Sometimes using the Datomic DB as a backend for it. What do you mean by "this" which is fairly common? Datascript i…

EQL is surely a great alternative to Graphql because of namespaced keywords and rich data structure (in contrast of Graphql's string base). It is also inspired by Datomic's Pull AP…

Fulcro is suitable for medium to large projects with rich data. Fulcro in the wild includes Nubank and Atlas CRM.

Fulcro can be too sizable to consume in one bite, most importantly the three core concepts (ident, query, state). Personally I find it useful to start with just EQL which is an Clo…

Error messages have improved since v1.10. Regarding type, Clojure offers spec.

Coast is a framework that focus on traditional server app and rapid development similar to Rails or Django. I don't find it "modern" tbh.

Yeah, long require forms, long namespace keywords, protocol methods... but they are all necessary so Fulcro can figure out a lot of things itself. It pays off really well because t…

I just think Amazon has a really good position for that. What are viable policies and technologies it can use to solve the plastic problem?

> It allows nations with crappy social and political systems to undermine labor welfare and protection policies in better political systems without facing repercussions for it. wha…

I've just made Miniclip, a Linux tray app that quickly converts HTML to Jade, CSS to Stylus and JS to Coffee from clipboard. It uses html2jade, stylus and js2coffee as backend.