Sep 10, 2025

Complex end-to-end tests in development repositories involving packages written in several languages are a chore to describe and maintain. Often, the only recourse is to pull in pre-built binaries or haul around heavy Docker images. Could there be a better way? Could it be Guix (spoiler alert: yes!)?

Tags: guix, software, scheme, lisp

Aug 31, 2025

What is the ubiquitous with-imported-modules in G-expressions? Why do you need it when you already have use-modules?

Tags: guix, software, scheme, lisp

Aug 28, 2025

Indent generated G-expression scripts with this trick to aid in debugging!

Tags: guix, software, scheme, lisp

Aug 11, 2025

I finally finished my first gridbeam project—a floor table to work sitting on the floor.

Tags: gridbeam, project

Jun 30, 2025

Propagator networks are a novel way to express computation that allow us to escape the expression-orientedness of traditional programming languages. This is a quick primer that introduces the concept very briefly.

Tags: software, propagator networks

Jun 17, 2025

I spoke at a debate on factory farming at my department in University College London. This was my initial argument.

Tags: environment

Apr 14, 2025

Can Guix’s G-expressions make for a superior Make-like build tool? Here’s a proof-of-concept implementation imagining such a future.

Tags: software, guix, lisp, scheme

Mar 29, 2025

Printable Shavian dictionary of the 1650 most common English words to help you learn the script and start using it in your day-to-day life

Tags: software, shavian

May 21, 2024

Index the body of encrypted emails in notmuch for searching.

Tags: software

Feb 11, 2024

How do you use Guix on HPC when your friendly HPC admins are uncooperative? This is the ultimate solution.

Tags: guix, software

Dec 27, 2023

A dump site in Nagercoil that is a manifestation of the growing solid waste management problem

Tags: nagercoil, waste, environment

Feb 27, 2023

How to live hack a guile web server on the REPL

Tags: lisp, scheme, software

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