In the afternoon I finally finished The Noise within by Ian Whates. I started reading this SF back in February, so it took me quite a while. Why? I don't know. The book is not that bad, but I doubt I will read the sequel even though the book ends in a cliffhanger.
Then I learned that users share their configuration and setup commands in a Git repository which is called “dotfiles”. At first glance, a dotfile is a hidden file on a Linux/Unix system, containing tool specific settings. Common tools are Git, vim, bash storing their configuration in a dotfile in the user’s home directory. These dotfiles were enriched with scripts to install additional software via package managers, and to apply certain runtime configuration after the work environment was setup the first time
Source: dotfiles - Document and automate your Macbook setup, an article by Michael Friedrich.
To save you some time I will give some reasons to immediately close this tab in your browser.
- This post is about making a management decision to use Haskell
- This post is not about any technical accomplishments with Haskell
- This post does not actually conclude that Haskell is a bad choice
Otherwise, I hope what I have laid out below serves as a good view into a non-software company up in Alaska using Haskell to develop applications with.
Source: Is Haskell a Bad Choice?, an article by Brian Jones.