Hi there, I'm a Software developer and have been programming since 2010.
I came in contact with functional programming when I did my master's in computer mathematics. I learned functional programming using Lisp, Prolog and Mathematica. But then I found my perfect language in Elm and never looked back.
At my job, I work with Kotlin and Typescript, which work best by writing a hybrid of FP and OOP.
Ever since I started working, I use field notes to track my thoughts and discoveries. My blog contains the best parts of those notes.
Mentorship in Elm. Reading groups related to functional programming
Aug 17, 2025 · 3 min read · At work, my team and I decided to migrate from Lodash to Immutable.js. I was tasked to do the migration for one of our older codebases, where Lodash was heavily in use. During the migration, I noticed, that I actually could just use modern JavaScript...
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Jul 18, 2024 · 4 min read · A good way of really understanding a programming language is to go deep into the standard library and really get to know every single function. In this blog post, we will explore the bool module of the gleam standard library. I might look into other ...
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May 22, 2024 · 4 min read · You might have heard of "Enums with superpowers", "Tagged Union Types" or Algebraic Data Types(ADT). It is heavily used in functional programming. And yet, you rarely see them in enterprise codebases. Why is that? A common use case for ADTs is to rep...
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Feb 13, 2024 · 6 min read · What's the best HTML/CSS library in Elm? mdgriffith/elm-ui? rtfeldman/elm-css? Both improve upon elm/html. In this article I will show why elm/html is not only a good choice but maybe even the best of the three. TLDR; elm/html is simpler and more fle...
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Aug 11, 2023 · 3 min read · In functional programming, you usually don't use classes. But that begs the question: How can you model complex structures without using inheritance? The answer is quite simple: We use a pattern called Composition. Todo-App using OOP As an example, l...
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