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0The Coder Cafe Recap — March 2025
2025-03-28 • programming technology recap
The Coder Cafe Recap for March 2025 covers various topics including the box analogy, functors in Haskell, sequencing in monads, correlation vs causation, lurking variables, data segmentation, causal fallacy, post hoc ergo propter ...
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The text discusses the concepts of functors, applicatives, and monads in functional programming, using Haskell as an example. It explains how these concepts work and their importance, and provides examples of how they are used. Th...
The text discusses the logical fallacy of Post hoc ergo propter hoc, which is when temporality is confused with causality. It provides examples and explanations of the fallacy and how it can be combined with other fallacies. The a...
The post discusses the book Tidy First? by Kent Beck, which focuses on software design and the concept of tidying. It highlights the importance of small, practical improvements and continuous tidying to maintain a large codebase. ...