Metapict has come in very handy to generate SVGs for use with my AxiDraw plotter. Love seeing blog posts like this with pro-tips on how to compose the functions. I always learn a lot from practical examples.
The pandemic has been tough on Papers We Love as many of the local chapter meetups had to shutdown. This had an adverse impact on the Papers We Love Conf (https://pwlconf.org/) as well.
Some chapters (Seattle, Chattanooga, Bangalore) have managed to keep up a semi-regular cadence of Zoom meetups. NYC tried but has a hard time getting speakers (which is a bit surprising tbh.)
If you're interested in running a meetup, being a speaker or volunteering your time hit up @papers_we_love on Twitter.
Companies love to sponsor the local meetups because they see them as recruiting pools. They will usually provide the space and some $$ for food (pizza)
The use of ligatures in Hasklig is very intriguing. Would really like to see more work in this vein. Could see benefits to Clojure (arrows) and even => in JavaScript.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(23)006...