Sept. 29, 2024, 9:48 a.m.

underwhelming update

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Howdy folks!

I've been prototyping some UI stuff lately.

The first UI experiment is a spartan web interpreter:

  • github.com/surprisetalk/scrawl

I plan to host the editor publicly once it actually works haha

The editor is written in Elm, and uses this [very broken] Elm library I cobbled together over the past few days:

  • github.com/surprisetalk/elm-scrapscript

Obviously lots of features are missing, but it's a good start.

Of course, you're probably thinking "why Elm?"! The short answer is that I like using Elm for exploratory projects, where the compiler (and libraries) can help reenforce my fluid mental model.

Oh, and scrapsheets is coming soon! Here are some blog posts I wrote about it:

  • reactive relational algebra
  • growing the graveyard of "better spreadsheets"

Once I'm done with these UI experiments, I'm going to hop back onto scrapyard/infrastructure stuff.

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