Hi! I'm Robin Howard. I mess around with TypeScript, Ruby, Rust, Haskell and Elixir, and sometimes like to scribble things down and talk at people. I get paid to write code and run up hosting bills at CipherStash.

Talks

• A Message to the Stars (RubyConf AU 2020)

  Feb 20, 2020 • Filed under: Audio Processing, Image Processing, Ruby, Space

• Better TypeScript Types (SydJS)

  Oct 16, 2019 • Filed under: JavaScript, TypeScript, Type Safety

• Better TypeScript Types (Sydney TypeScript)

  Jul 9, 2019 • Filed under: JavaScript, TypeScript, Type Safety

• Workshop: Building a Simple Compiler in JavaScript (NodeFest 2018)

  Nov 24, 2018 • Filed under: Compilers, Workshops, JavaScript

• StreamData and Property Testing - An Experience Report (Elixir Sydney)

  Oct 3, 2018 • Filed under: Elixir, Property Testing

• Blocks, Procs and Lambdas (Rorosyd 2018)

  Jun 12, 2018 • Filed under: Ruby, Beginner

• Traversing Error Mountain (Elixir Sydney)

  Jun 6, 2018 • Filed under: Functional Programming, Elixir, Error Handling

• A Toy Robot and a Functional Pattern (NodeFest Tokyo 2017)

  Nov 25, 2017 • Filed under: Functional Programming, JavaScript

• What the Functional? What, How and Why (NDC Sydney 2017)

  Aug 18, 2017 • Filed under: Functional Programming, JavaScript

• The Things You Can't Do (Web Directions Code, 2016)

  Jul 10, 2016 • Filed under: Conference, JavaScript, ES6, Immutability, Flow, TypeScript, Static Types

• Property-Based Testing: Catching the Bugs You're Missing (CampJS, 2016)

  Jun 4, 2016 • Filed under: Camp, Javascript, Testing

• A Whirlwind Tour of PureScript (YOW! Lambda Jam 2016)

  Apr 28, 2016 • Filed under: Conference, PureScript, Functional

• Composition and Pipelines (Rorosyd 2015)

  Sep 8, 2015 • Filed under: Meetup, Ruby, Functional

• Fun with Blocks (Rorosyd 2015)

  May 12, 2015 • Filed under: Meetup, Ruby, Blocks

• The Good, the Bad and the Absent (Rorosyd 2015)

  Feb 10, 2015 • Filed under: Meetup, Ruby, Safety

• Ruby's Outer Limits (Railscamp 2014)

  Nov 15, 2014 • Filed under: Meetup, Ruby, Safety

Posts

• Fuck NFTs

  Jan 21, 2021 • Filed under: Cryptocurrency, Pyramid Schemes, Content-Free DRM, The Planet is Burning You Asinine Fucks, 'Glorifying possession and consumption of nothing, exclusivity without meaning, receipts over creation, resale over appreciation'

• Fuzzing Dates with Elm-Test

  Oct 5, 2017 • Filed under: Elm, Property-Based Testing, Time

• Phantom Types with Flow

  (Series: Effective Types) Feb 2, 2017 • Filed under: Effective Types, Flow, JavaScript, Type Safety, Phantom Types

• Type Wrappers with Flow

  (Series: Effective Types) Jan 11, 2017 • Filed under: Effective Types, Flow, JavaScript, Type Safety, Newtypes

• Parameterised Types, a Friendly Primer (Flow, TypeScript)

  (Series: Effective Types) Jan 1, 2017 • Filed under: Effective Types, Type Safety, Flow, JavaScript

• Shoe-String Talk Recording

  May 21, 2016 • Filed under: Talks

• CTags with Vim, the Quick Version

  Mar 31, 2012 • Filed under: Vim, Linux

• Pilfering Gems: Testing With Timecop

  Jan 5, 2012 • Filed under: Ruby, PHP, Testing, Pilfering Gems

• Flags vs Constants, and Short-Long Days of the Week

  Dec 12, 2011 • Filed under: PHP

• Stop GNOME "Hijacking" SSH Key Entry

  Mar 26, 2011 • Filed under: Linux, SSH