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

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

Feb 27, 2023

How to live hack a guile web server on the REPL

Tags: lisp, scheme, software

Jan 2, 2023

Deploy scripts using Guix G-expressions. Why? How?

Tags: lisp, scheme, guix, software

Dec 18, 2022

Finding the right place to rent in London using a Guile script. Who said Guile is not useful for practical stuff!

Tags: London, lisp, scheme, software

Mar 24, 2016

SRFI-1 fold and SRFI-41 stream-fold pass arguments to proc in different orders. Violating the principle of least astonishment, this comes as a rather inconvenient surprise to the programmer.

Tags: lisp, scheme, functionalprogramming, software