why elm (cause you won't stop asking me)

[@meredithglass8760]

Haskell is ABSOLUTELY hard mode! I think it’s rad when something you’re working on or exposed to in one place translates into you learning/practicing with the tool or language in another place

[@bashbunni]

Right?! Learning for fun is the best. It’s also always great to find things that stand out to you and drag you down a new path to explore

[@neilclay5835]

I like Elm very much. I tried Haskell a few times, I finally started making ground with it when I got into "Haskell Programming from first principles" by Allen & Moronuki. That is an excellent book. Truly. All the best from the UK.

[@grahamthedev]

But Bash, why Elm? 😜🤣💗

[@bashbunni]

Devin probably can’t write functional code

[@freedo201]

I used to love Elm. It was a really nice language. Sadly it's pretty dead these days. I will join others in recommending Elixir though, it is much more approachable than Elm as far as functional programming languages go. It also has a very interesting and easy to understand concurrency model that is a pleasure to use.

[@bashbunni]

That’s too bad! I’m enjoying learning it so far. I am really excited to try scala and/or elixir later this year too :) so far this is feeling a lot gentler than haskell

[@Syniron]

People always trying to find the best or most optimal, and while there are merits for that especially in business, when building for yourself the best is the one you are motivated to use. I'm on board with ya.

[@bashbunni]

Thanks! I think “for fun” is a great reason to try things heh :)

[@jlmx]

A lot of the times the reason isn't because it's the "best" option, as much as it's what I need to work with / learn / get experience with. Sounds like a great choice!

[@AlgoBasket]

Keep it up girl 👏

[@mariobroselli3642]

I am doing Racket, it has some nice Beginner books😮

[@kevincodes674]

Go for it! My job uses a lot of C++, so I've been looking into that too hopefully be involved in other projects.

[@bashbunni]

Awesome! What else are you thinking of exploring? Functional programming?

[@ericr5481]

All the reason you need is “because I want to”. Doesn’t need to be some sort of elaborate strategic reasoning.

[@theodorealenas3171]

I forgot you've tried Haskell. That explains a lot actually

[@bashbunni]

It explains why my brain is the way it is (rekt)

[@patrickmcpike6680]

elixir is a great intro to functional programming.

[@chillappreciator885]

The best reason ever

[@kevinrineer5356]

Elm and Roc, eh?

[@thewilltejeda]

👏👏👏

[@RagnarTube]

Makes sense

[@felgenh399]

great reason, and also cool lang

[@bashbunni]

Based comment

[@thirien59]

you're beautiful

[@ZortaZert]

but you still don't have a website make something first, iterate on it later.

[@gwnbw]

because

[@dfinlen]

I'm still .net and angular.. I'm so old haha.

[@simonhylander7489]

sorry to hear that

[@dfinlen]

@@simonhylander7489 burnnn lol

[@mr.shredder5430]

if your mole was on the left cheek you would look like Natalie Portman❤❤

[@nomoredarts8918]

If you wanna learn Haskell, first learn Elm

[@DarthVader11912]

Why not JavaScript? 😂

[@bashbunni]

Why JavaScript? 🧐

[@DarthVader11912]

@@bashbunni Because it's simpler and easier to learn JavaScript.

[@bashbunni]

@@DarthVader11912 sounds boring :(

[@DarthVader11912]

@@bashbunni I get that

[@hanabimock5193]

You are so beautiful

[@illuminati_911]

Mommyyyyy

[@loutrea]

Htmx > elm > everything else

[@brunokingz]

Language that pays the bills > everything else

[@bashbunni]

Another php dev rollin’ up to the chat in their lambo

[@comosaycomosah]

​@@bashbunnilmaooo damn this had me rolling 😂😂

[@js-ny2ru]

Elm is dead.

[@bashbunni]

:(

[@asadanik5987]

Yeap.. love you but you are bit complicated 😊

[@nakedGamer332]

have you tried elixir ?

[@bashbunni]

not yet! I've seen some erlang, but elixir and scala are on my list of langs I want to try

[@jc-aguilar]

I wouldn’t recommend Scala, it has become a very complex language. Too many features which provide different ways to do the same thing. IMO Clojure and Kotlin are better options for the JVM. I have done Elixir, I really liked it. I want to try Gleam but first I need to get my Go skills stronger, I have been doing Java and Python for too long :)