denys_potapov

tl;dr replace SQLite with Map ~ 2x speed up, replace zod validation with ifs ~ 2x speed up. Bun had a memory leak on unresolved promises - now fixed

As the author of a JS-to-OCaml compiler [1], I must admit that Poe’s Law applies here [2]:

“Without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.”

[1] https://dev.to/denyspotapov/porting-is-odd-npm-to-ocaml-usin...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

Always. Probably you can't get in top 100 with python[1]. But I like dicts with tuple keys, bigints, all the list things.

[1] My best is around 1300 place in HackerCup.

Cool. Recursion in python is common bottleneck in competitive programming. Will give it a try. I created a similar tool for recursion [1]. But ended with rewriting AST and emulating stack. Pros - no need for accumulator, cons - almost unusable in real world.

[1] https://dev.to/denyspotapov/callonce-python-macro-for-unlimi...

I'm working on a block-based visual programming environment for kids — a sort of Scratch alternative — but instead of inventing a new language, it's a subset of Elixir. I'm using Google’s Blockly to generate real Elixir code from the blocks.

Right now, I'm building a Space Invaders clone in Elixir with LiveView, and integrating Blockly so the game's core logic can be edited visually. Hoping it becomes a fun way to learn both functional programming and web dev.

It's a 2024 webdev summary, nothing can be added:

New React version made the lib obsolete, we used LLM to fix it (1/5 success rate)

eyJ... — is a beginning of base64 encoded JSON. The fact that I know it, and see it in standards make me feel bad.

I can't proof that this is wrong, but encoding one text format in other text format and wrapping it in third text format — seems wasteful and hacky. This relates not only to this specs, but rather to web development in general.