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"Code is the Easy Part" by Evan Czaplicki

Evan Czaplicki, creator of Elm, gives an elm-conf 2016 talk on the non-code side of building a language. It covers the philosophy behind Elm's development approach, including batching work and the priorities of different language communities.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN points people to it to understand Elm's design philosophy, such as favoring simplicity over type classes, when they question its choices.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
elm-conf
Topic
elm language design
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2020

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Here's how I see his point. He came to Elm expecting a Haskell for the web. Elm has the completely opposite philosophy of keeping things simple, even if it means extra boilerplate. I can understand OP's frustration, but if he watched a few of Evan's …

    elbear on Hacker News · 2016-11
    In Elm is Wrong

  • Every time I hear about procrastination it reminds me about great talk by Evan Czaplicki and his approach to Elm development, actually it can be good thing ( [VIDEO] see 19:15 Batching Work).

    ekoczwara on Hacker News · 2018-06
    In Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination

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