Jared M. Smith

Have you ever wondered why companies can charge $15 to send 1000 emails? I sent emails with just a TCP connection until I eventually figured it out: evancz.dev/why-is-it-so...

Acadia gives some interesting guarantees: - No 1+N queries. - All queries terminate. Learn how a query language from the 1970s (Datalog) inspired the key design choices that make these guarantees possible in Acadia's query language! acadia.engineering/blog/solving...

Acadia is out today! Bringing the benefits of Elm to SQLite and PostgreSQL: - Friendly error messages - Custom types for precise column data - Simple module system for easy reuse Check it out! acadia.engineering/blog/rethink...

Is it possible to forbid anyone from rewriting my library/tool with AI? For instance by forbidding to use the source code to port it, and/or by running my tool to replicate its behavior?

Let's talk a little more about Margaret Hamilton because she deserves it In 1961, Margaret Hamilton was tackling massive systems, having previously wrangled room-sized computers that blared like a foghorn whenever they crashed.

Elm 0.19.3 is out today! ✨ elm-lang.org/news/another... ✨ Check out the roadmap for the next few releases too. We are preparing the compiler for some exciting improvements and features 😊

I want to expand Acadia interop, but how should Algebraic Data Types be represented in TypeScript, Ruby, and Python? I wrote some options here: gist.github.com/evancz/8d1f2... What do you think?

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I have a bunch of changes that could be Elm 0.19.3. It's basically all "compiler improvements" that will not be visible to users, so I looking for feedback on which aspects sound most interesting. Let me know here or in the more detailed thread! ⬇️ discourse.elm-lang.org/t/help-plann...

It is easy to define per-row security policies with Acadia: ✨ acadia.engineering/blog/simple-... ✨ The compiler then does "symbolic evaluation" at compile time so that in many cases, you pay zero runtime cost for your security guarantees! The example app runs an Elm server too! 🚄

Run an Elm program as a simple HTTP server! ✨ github.com/acadia-engin... ✨ Check out the full client/server/database example written in Elm/Acadia, and please share your results if you evolve it into something cool! Very curious to see what you can make!

No, we're not renaming it. All map data in Organic Maps comes from the @openstreetmap.bsky.social project.

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LLMs can make you produce more code faster, but is that actually a good thing? Maybe your product is good because of the features that you choose not to build. jola.dev/posts/limite...

New Elm release today! 🎉 0.19.2 🥳 Incremental builds of 850k lines of Elm in <350ms. Gearing up for a batch of smaller releases as we head towards Elm 1.0. elm-lang.org/news/faster-...

Wrote a bit about why LLM-written text is so painful, even when the content itself is fine, and the importance of using your own voice jola.dev/posts/the-so...

The TikTok girlies (gender neutral) are hatching a plan to all buy copies of communion by hooks on Vance's release date. I will be participating.

Good chat about Elm Camp: the unconference format, a beautiful venue in Czechia, and the lovely, inviting community ❤️ Find yourself at camp, whether curious or sold— Tickets on sale now! Elm Town 89 – Elm Camp 2026: youtu.be/vLY9CrEQ0PY elm.town/episodes/elm... 🎫 Get yer tickets here: elm.camp

Not only does the ESP32 + CRT sync, we're now marking dirty tiles and efficiently redrawing only what's needed!

George Saunders's disarmingly wonderful meditation on the courage of uncertainty, which is the courage to love the world: www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/09/g...

"All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change." An Octavia Butler gem: www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/06/o...

Mary Oliver on the creative aspect of habit www.themarginalian.org/2015/02/20/m...

Note to myself: Life is too short to waste with null pointer exceptions, undefined is not a function, ... Just use Elm for the frontend.

absolutely wild that "i think we should think about the environmental costs of things" is met with "your ignorance and anti-AI bias is showing" like what the fuck are we doing here?

Doing some writing on things I've been noticing about AI. Plenty of people have said plenty about it, but I wanted to add my own voice to the mix. www.lindsaykwardell.com/blog/dont-re... #blog

"What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness." George Saunders's wonderful reflection on the power of kindness, animated www.themarginalian.org/2014/04/28/g...

Elm-review is AWESOME!! 🤩 package.elm-lang.org/packages/jfm...

In which elm-review gets the best-in-class automatic removal for unused parameters. jfmengels.net/removing-unu...

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter—undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletter

Culture sways coding Hedy clears language blockers Felienne finds tribe Elm Town 88 – Wonder: Unconscious bias with Felienne Hermans: youtu.be/rCl4YgVTeUk elm.town/episodes/elm... Thanks to @felienne.bsky.social for coming to Elm Town!

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

"integrity may cause you pain, but it will never be the reason you suffer". What a great way to say this. 😍

Listen. ONE of the reasons I rock with Dolly (Capricorn Gang) is because she’s always proven to me that integrity may cause you pain, but it will never be the reason you suffer. Which is not to say that suffering won’t come, but it’ll never be because you abandoned yourself. That’ll keep you going.

From machine to mob, a learning environment— start-up, air, guitar. Elm Town 87 – Wonder: From machine to mob learning with Sophie Collard: youtu.be/D3-shZomLF8 elm.town/episodes/elm...

Official data is in today, and America set a new record-high for solar power in July, with generation up 30% compared to last year!

I built a free og:image tool: lede.me

Be the strange you want to see in the world.

Hey Zed folks, you might have to run a check for updates. Auto-update was accidentally disabled. 😶 github.com/zed-industri...

Decode thoughts for growth; Connect and share; example— △ Joël's Triangle Elm Town 86 – Wonder: Linking notes for active growth with Joël Quenneville: youtu.be/DyjKmk9PzwA elm.town/episodes/elm...

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📣Keynote speaker announcement: Felienne Hermans 🎉 Felienne is a researcher, teacher & communicator. Her work is driven by questioning what it means to program & be a programmer. She created Hedy, a gradual, multilingual teaching language. We’re so excited to have you join us, @felienne.bsky.social 🐍

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anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last" www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

The date of Elm Camp 2025 is near, and there are still some tickets left! The last year was awesome, don't miss it! discourse.elm-lang.org/t/elm-camp-2... #elmlang