The "return a command" trick, and native git as a key-value store

Thu 07 Oct 2021

The "return a command" trick

This post illustrates a trick that I’ve taught a few times to minimize the “change surface” of a Haskell program. By “change surface” I mean the number of places Haskell code needs to be updated when adding a new feature.

Source: Haskell for all: The "return a command" trick, an article by Gabriella Gonzalez.

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How to use native git as a key-value store

Most engineers are familiar with creating branches and making commits in git - despite being notoriously unintuitive, git has become universal in software engineering. But did you know that you can use git to store more than just snapshots of code?

Source: How to use native git as a key-value store, an article by Greg Foster.