Bendik Solheim

React – et hjertesukk

(This blog post is in norwegian, sorry about that)

Ahh, React. Min gode venn gjennom mange år. Jeg skal være ærlig: forholdet vårt starta litt turbulent. Jeg var usikker på om det å blande HTML inn i Javascripten egentlig var noen god idé. Det tok faktisk et par år før du klarte å overbevise meg! Men du var heldigvis tålmodig. For det som starta som en skepsis viste seg å etter hvert til å bli til en aldri så liten forelskelse! Ohh boy!

(Dis)Honest Functions

After a recent debugging session, discovering I had once again been the victim of a dishonest function signature, I was... Well, let’s just say I was unimpressed. Two thoughts popped up in my head – the first one was «ahh.. this thing again..», and the second was «wait, why is this still even a thing?». It left me in a state of frustration.

Java Version Management on macOS

With the increased frequency of Java releases handling multiple versions on a single machine is more and more relevant. Solutions already exists, such as the widely used jenv – my goto tool for a long time. For a number of reasons, I recently decided to throw it out of my system and build a solution myself. The result is a few small functions which handles most of my needs.

Functional TypeScript with fp-ts

I have a confession to make.

I actually enjoy JavaScript.

Characteristics of the Perfect Programming Language

This is an opinionated post. Consider yourself warned. You will probably disagree with at least some of it, and that is completely fine. The important part is the thought process – don’t just read through it and agree or disagree, think about what you agree or disagree with and why. Becoming aware of these things is valuable: once you become aware of why you dislike something, you can start doing something about it.

Immutable by Default

You should always strive to make, and make use of, immutable data structures. Even if your domain is inherently mutable (like most domains, really), there are quite a few pitfalls that can give you headaches later on if you also use mutable data structures. Many of them are avoidable simply by making it harder to accidentally modify data.