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Most-linked posts?

1. The Dark Path, Or, What If I Don't Want to Quit My Job?
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-01-12
2. An Algebraic Sketch of Poetic Form
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-09-03
3. Combinatory Programming
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-04-13
4. Sketches of Elixir
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-12-27

What Hacker News says?

1. xutopia · 2019-01-15Recommends

   You may be interested in the perspective of another Erlang developer who moved to Elixir: https://blog.zdsmith.com/posts/sketches-of-elixir.html

   Comment linking /posts/sketches-of-elixir.html

   on “Elixir v1.8 released”
2. signa11 · 2018-12-27

   Submitted Sketches of Elixir as a story · 204 points

   HN discussion
3. veqq · 2025-08-20Recommends

   Here's a nice article on some shorthands: https://blog.zdsmith.com/series/shorthands.html

   Comment linking /series/shorthands.html

   on “The End of Handwriting”
4. wyclif · 2018-01-15

   Submitted Digital Minimalism for the Working Hacker as a story · 186 points

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5. pietroppeter · 2022-05-05

   yes, definitely for me nim has replaced python as my go to language even for small tasks. I find it even more productive than python thanks to the typing system. An often neglected highlight that I appreciate a lot is the fact that static typing + procedure overload has the additional benefit that names of functions tend to be very natural (you can reuse the name of function if the type signature is different). That…

   Comment linking /posts/nim-for-python-programmers.html

   on “Nim Version 1.6.6 Released”
6. crux · 2014-04-18

   Submitted Posical, the Positivist Calendar for Python as a story · 88 points

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7. veqq · 2025-10-17Recommends

   Combinatory programing offers functional control flow. (Here is a straight forward explanation: https://blog.zdsmith.com/series/combinatory-programming.html ) I was inspired to write `better-cond` in Janet: (defn better-cond [& pairs] (fn [& arg] (label result (defn argy [f] (if (> (length arg) 0) (f ;arg) (f arg))) # naming is hard (each [pred body] (partition 2 pairs) (when (argy pred) (return result (if (function…

   Comment linking /series/combinatory-programming.html

   on “When if is just a function”
8. crux · 2025-01-26

   Submitted Two Bites of Data Science in K as a story · 72 points

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9. veqq · 2025-09-24Recommends

   I'd like to boost this: https://blog.zdsmith.com/series/combinatory-programming.html

   Comment linking /series/combinatory-programming.html

   on “The Lambda Calculus (2023)”
10. crux · 2024-04-19

    Submitted A Combinatory Rosetta Stone as a story · 23 points

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11. crux · 2021-03-02

    I’ve written a fairly long literate program in Literate: https://blog.zdsmith.com/whist.html I really enjoyed the experience. It came out well and it was relatively painless to compose.

    Comment linking /whist.html

    on “Literate: A Flexible Literate Programming System”
12. Tomte · 2024-04-13

    Submitted Combinatory Programming as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
13. crux · 2017-03-30

    Submitted Nim for Python Programmers as a story · 5 points

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14. crux · 2010-10-28

    Submitted The plight of the eclectic geek, or, where have all the dilettantes gone? as a story · 5 points

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15. crux · 2020-11-22

    Submitted A Regular Simplification of Offenbacher Schrift as a story · 4 points

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16. Bogdanp · 2025-09-17

    Submitted Brzozowski Derivatives: Exercise in Combinatory Style as a story · 3 points

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17. adityaathalye · 2025-08-09

    Submitted Combinatory Programming as a story · 3 points

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18. crux · 2024-10-05

    Submitted Smith Shorthand as a story · 3 points

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19. Tomte · 2022-08-30

    Submitted The Card Player's Guide to Lockdown (2020) as a story · 3 points

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20. Tomte · 2021-05-30

    Submitted Some Preliminary Thoughts About a New Card Game Website as a story · 3 points

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21. joshbaptiste · 2017-06-07

    Submitted Unit Testing in Nim as a story · 3 points

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22. crux · 2017-06-06

    Submitted Compile-Time Sort in Nim as a story · 3 points

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23. crux · 2017-01-12

    Submitted The Dark Path, Or, What If I Don't Want to Quit My Job? as a story · 3 points

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24. crux · 2014-04-06

    Submitted Mitaines as a story · 3 points

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25. 082349872349872 · 2024-01-06

    Submitted Designing Tie Knots by Random Walks as a story · 2 points

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26. smartmic · 2024-01-05

    Submitted An Algebraic Sketch of Poetic Form as a story · 2 points

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27. todsacerdoti · 2022-02-20

    Submitted A Specification of a Note-Taking Program as a story · 2 points

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28. Tomte · 2022-02-02

    Submitted The Card Player's Guide to Lockdown (2020) as a story · 2 points

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29. Tomte · 2022-02-02

    Submitted Some Preliminary Thoughts About a New Card Game Website (2020) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
30. crux · 2021-03-21

    Submitted Algorithms I'm Proud Of: Fill as a story · 2 points

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