Relaunch!—JOURNAL

A new website design and implementation for 2020 and beyond—with a new title to boot!

A JSON Feed Apology and Explanation—JOURNAL

All my best efforts and this is still where we end up!

The Infra Engineer’s Blind Spot—JOURNAL

Why I ended up down a rabbit hole instead of shipping.

Making Illegal States Unrepresentable—In TypeScript—JOURNAL

Showing how Scott Wlaschin’s approach in F^♯ translates to a language with a very different type system.

Building the Slow Way—JOURNAL

Or, part of why rewrite is taking a while: I’m in this for the long haul.

Tracking in the Glimmer VM↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Chris Garrett (@pzuraq) explains to me how autotracking and the Glimmer (Ember) template layer connect!

Data Constructors, Part 1: Understanding by Implementing —JOURNAL

Understanding an idea from Standard ML-like languages by implementing it in (boring) TypeScript.

Data Constructors, Part 2: Better TypeScript —JOURNAL

A deep dive on more idiomatic TypeScript implementations of ML-style data constructors.

Writing Robust TypeScript Libraries—JOURNAL

A subtler art than it might at first appear, if you intend to support JS or even loose mode TS.

Notes on Thoughtbot’s “Stop Using 'any'”—JOURNAL

A couple tweaks and improvements to a good post!

Using Classes for Functional Programming—JOURNAL

We tend to think classes are inherently for object-oriented programming, but they are much more flexible than that in JavaScript and TypeScript (and other languages too).

RFC: Semantic Versioning for TypeScript Types ↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

In which years of thinking and months of design come to fruition.

Keep It Local—ELSEWHERE

Or: (part of) what “reasoning about your code” really means; being my EmberConf 2021 talk.

Reading “A Functional Programming Language with Versions”—LIBRARY

The first academic research I’m aware of which actually takes Semantic Versioning seriously!

Reading Settings!—JOURNAL

A few notes on pairing prefers-color-scheme and user configurability, as well as adding a little reading mode switch.

Ember v4 TypeScript Support Update↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Announcement: Speaking at TypeVille 2022 —ELSEWHERE

On the subject of “Types as Tools for Thought”

Semantic Versioning for TypeScript Types 1.0.0-beta.1↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

After years of work, I’ve published the first beta of the spec for semantic versioning for TypeScript types!

The Road to TypeScript↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

My EmberConf 2022 talk (with, again, a lot of non-Ember interest).

SemVer for TS in Practice—JOURNAL

Showing how the recommendations from www.semver-ts.org can actually work in the real world.

Misusing TypeScript Assertion Functions for Fun and Profit—JOURNAL

A horrible (but very useful) hack I came up with yesterday for adding types to some old code.

Whiskey, Web, and Whatnot: Bringing Types to Ember ↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Chatting with the good folks at ShipShape about TypeScript, Ember, composing, whiskey, and more.

Open Source—JOURNAL

Notes on the sheer scale of recently-completed open source efforts of mine.

Announcing the Official TypeScript Types Public Preview↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Wacky Tricks We Use in Publishing TypeScript Types (for Ember.js)↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

A walkthrough of the shenanigans we have to do to make TypeScript understand how to import @ember packages from ember-source.

2022 in Review: Professional —JOURNAL

My fourth year at LinkedIn: odd, and challenging—with some failures!—but not bad.

Je ne sais quoi—JOURNAL

Programming languages, cameras, computers, and other technologies—and feel.

Is TypeScript Good?—A Reply to Rach Smith—JOURNAL

Taking a thoughtful post as an excuse to discuss software system dynamics through the lens of TypeScript.

Software Unscripted: Type System Complexity ↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Along with Rust, TypeScript, SemVer, open source ecosystems and maintenance, and more!

Glint Deep Dives↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

A 6-part YouTube explainer series digging deep into Glint!

How to Do a TypeScript Conversion —JOURNAL

Addressing a very common question: do-it-as-you-go or follow the dependency graph?

The Wizardry Frontier—JOURNAL

Against the idea that accessibility and reliability (or other such dichotomies) must remain at odds in programming languages.

2023 in Review: Professional—JOURNAL

The Cutting Edge of Versioning (LambdaConf 2024)—ELSEWHERE

Semantic Versioning, library & framework evolution, programming language design, type systems, and you.

Changelog Interviews #597: Major.Semver.Patch ↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Teaming up with Predrag Gruevski to talk SemVer with Adam and Jerod.