Britt Blog
Welcome to yet another Britt Blog. You can find some of my academic work in the Publications section and a bit about me as well as some of my recent thoughts in the Older Posts section below.
1. Recent Posts
1.1. Lean 4, Emacs, and Archlinux
Date: Author: Britt Anderson
1.1.1. Formalizing Cognitive Science
This is the clear goal. The path remains murky. But, inspired by the recent Topos Institute Colloquium by Will Crichton, I decided to download Lean to my computer to see if I could begin to explore it as yet another tool I will only use intermittently, if at all, in my pursuit of the "clear goal" via the process of iterative preparation.
1.2. Haskell, Eglot, Language Servers, and Emacs
Date: Author: Britt Anderson
1.2.1. Haskell Coding in Emacs
Haskell is a programming language where the rate of development and the evolution of its tooling can make it challenging to love. But love it I do, even though in many ways it is the antithesis of Common Lisp. If the latter is a forever language it sometimes feels as if Haskell is a never language, because I spend so much time trying to figure out how to get it working (admittedly I am only an intermittent user) that by the time I am done, I never write any code.
1.3. Use fdm to make your emacs-org-mode email workflow smoother
Date: Author: Britt Anderson
1.3.1. FDM: a tool to make an emacs email workflow smoother
1.4. Just Use Common Lisp
Date: Author: Britt Anderson
1.4.1. Why Aren't We All Just Coding in Common Lisp?
There is history here, and I don't have the expertise to revisit it or adjudicate, but I can say that my beginner's experience with Common Lisp has been very favorable.