Revisiting ReScript

When I first started looking at ReScript two years ago it was a project under another name: Reason. Derived from OCaml, Reason promised type safe code and powerful functional primitives without ditchi...

What happened to proper tail calls in JavaScript?

Proper tail calls (PTC) is a programming language feature that enables memory-efficient recursive algorithms. I'm not going to belabor the details of proper tail calls or how it pertains to JavaScript...

Game design is immaterial

Reading Elements of Game Design planted a splinter in my brain that I cannot stop fiddling with. On page 8, when discussing the game designer's role, Designer's intentions are immaterial, save for ho...

Creative-consumptive entertainment

Since discovering a discussion on Hacker News about the perils of consumptive entertainment, I doubt my self-worth every time I sit down to play a video game. I could be doing something productive. In...