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Some Recent Posts:

Interview With Peter Bex - Sep 2026

Chicken Scheme maintainer, optimizer and Postgres fan

Registers of Code - Sep 2026

Library and application code have different traits, REPL code even more. What are the requirements and goals for these different registers?

Lighter Concepts - Sep 2026

I prefer artesanal coding

Interview With Oofoe - Aug 2026

Oofoe talks about a career in VFx, using REBOL, Forth, Lisps and many games!

Interview With Matheus Moreira - Jul 2026

A medical doctor implemented a Lisp on the Linux kernel with direct system calls without even a C stdlib dependency.

Interview With Mitchell Hashimoto - Jul 2026

Ghostty and Terraform maker and Hashicorp founder talks about open source, terminals and Zig.

Interview With Claude Roux - Jun 2026

Through LispE, Claude Roux researches neuro-symbolic AI incorporating elements of Haskell and APL