Mat Fournier
@mat4nier.bsky.social
Geotech Engineer turned sw dev. http://M.A.Sc. Geological Engineering, Masters Data Science @UBC FP/Rust:
Did not expect someone to intersect CanCon, tariffs, global trade, and indie RPG/OSR products but here we are: coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/04/tari...
Tariffs, CanCon, and You
In 1972 the CBC asked listeners to complete the saying "As Canadian as...", to match "As American as apple pie." The winner was "As Canadia...
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April 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Did not expect someone to intersect CanCon, tariffs, global trade, and indie RPG/OSR products but here we are: coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/04/tari...
As a typed language fan... I find myself digging Elixir? Error chaining is hella painful but otherwise surprisingly decent? Messing around with GenServers and some Phoenix channel stuff for a backend.
I really should check out gleam.
I really should check out gleam.
April 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
As a typed language fan... I find myself digging Elixir? Error chaining is hella painful but otherwise surprisingly decent? Messing around with GenServers and some Phoenix channel stuff for a backend.
I really should check out gleam.
I really should check out gleam.
Spend months on and off on a side project just to realize you implemented 1/4 of a crappy Phoenix channel in Rust. Sigh.
February 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Spend months on and off on a side project just to realize you implemented 1/4 of a crappy Phoenix channel in Rust. Sigh.
My wife found my engineering jacket, or Golden Party Armour, buried in the basment. Still fits! This brings back the memories. Back when I could solve PDEs at the drop of a hat and the Hessian matrix didn't scare me. Almost twenty years ago. Crazy.
January 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My wife found my engineering jacket, or Golden Party Armour, buried in the basment. Still fits! This brings back the memories. Back when I could solve PDEs at the drop of a hat and the Hessian matrix didn't scare me. Almost twenty years ago. Crazy.
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If you are curious about Haskell or wanting to start using functional programming to build real applications, this is a great chance to save some money on Effective Haskell and other great functional programming books.
November 28, 2024 at 8:08 PM
If you are curious about Haskell or wanting to start using functional programming to build real applications, this is a great chance to save some money on Effective Haskell and other great functional programming books.
Oncall weekends living in the mountains w/ spotty cell phone service means you stick close to home. Which means plenty of time for baking. French canele while going over logs and dashboards? Yes please.
November 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Oncall weekends living in the mountains w/ spotty cell phone service means you stick close to home. Which means plenty of time for baking. French canele while going over logs and dashboards? Yes please.
I live!
Still cooking (here is a 2 kg sourdough miche)
Still programming. Rust on my side projects (github.com/matfournier/...)
Day job has been a lot of scala + cats-effect + fs2 lately.
Still cooking (here is a 2 kg sourdough miche)
Still programming. Rust on my side projects (github.com/matfournier/...)
Day job has been a lot of scala + cats-effect + fs2 lately.
November 14, 2024 at 9:01 PM
I live!
Still cooking (here is a 2 kg sourdough miche)
Still programming. Rust on my side projects (github.com/matfournier/...)
Day job has been a lot of scala + cats-effect + fs2 lately.
Still cooking (here is a 2 kg sourdough miche)
Still programming. Rust on my side projects (github.com/matfournier/...)
Day job has been a lot of scala + cats-effect + fs2 lately.