Drawing in OCaml

11/13/2024

Haskell is a general purpose, functional programming language which most people don't jump to when wanting to write graphical applications, but that doesn't make it impossible! I find the functional paradigm quite fun to program in, though I have mostly stuck with procedural languages while sticking

Lessons in Determinism from the Game of Life

11/13/2024

Conway's Game of Life is a classic cellular automaton invented by the namesake mathematician John Conway in 1970. A flat, binary universe is spawned equipped with a handful of physical laws that dictate how the universe morphs from one moment of time to the next. We start by defining each cell to be

Implementing a WebSocket Server in C

10/8/2024

The WebSocket standard is useful for persistent two-way communication in web-based environments. This is what enables real time applications in browsers such as chat applications and multiplayer games. WebSockets are an upgraded HTTP connection that is built on TCP. For more information on the st