Justin Blake
@jblaix.bsky.social
https://www.blaix.com
I am more active on https://hachyderm.io/@blaix
I hack on Gren as part of the core team. It's a cool programming language that you should check out: https://gren-lang.org/
💖💜💙 He/Him 💙💜💖
I am more active on https://hachyderm.io/@blaix
I hack on Gren as part of the core team. It's a cool programming language that you should check out: https://gren-lang.org/
💖💜💙 He/Him 💙💜💖
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Justin Blake
@jblaix.bsky.social
· Apr 16
Gren Twigs 19 - Gren TUI
YouTube video by Justin Blake
www.youtube.com
Today's Gren Twigs video is about Gren Tui, a package for writing terminal UIs in a pure, functional, type-safe way using The Elm Architecture. I am very excited about this one and would love if you shared it!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBrj...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #elm #tui
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBrj...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #elm #tui
forgot raisins existed
July 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
forgot raisins existed
The next Gren Twigs is up. It's the final entry on building a cowsay-powered pomodoro timer on the command line. This one covers managing form fields and multiple screens in a gren-tui app for the first time. Wild and crazy stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-g...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-g...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
Gren Twigs 25 - Pomodoro timer on the command line with Gren TUI: Part 4
YouTube video by Justin Blake
www.youtube.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The next Gren Twigs is up. It's the final entry on building a cowsay-powered pomodoro timer on the command line. This one covers managing form fields and multiple screens in a gren-tui app for the first time. Wild and crazy stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-g...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-g...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
Adding a lot of Jesse Welles to the Fourth of July playlist.
June 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Adding a lot of Jesse Welles to the Fourth of July playlist.
The next Gren Twig is out. It's part 3 of building a pomodoro timer on the command line with gren-tui. In this one we add a pause feature and some color.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBk6...
#gren #FunctionalProgramming #tui #cow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBk6...
#gren #FunctionalProgramming #tui #cow
Gren Twigs 24 - Pomodoro timer on the command line with Gren TUI: Part 3
YouTube video by Justin Blake
www.youtube.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The next Gren Twig is out. It's part 3 of building a pomodoro timer on the command line with gren-tui. In this one we add a pause feature and some color.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBk6...
#gren #FunctionalProgramming #tui #cow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBk6...
#gren #FunctionalProgramming #tui #cow
oops I bought a skateboard
May 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
oops I bought a skateboard
what are the modern day “chmod incantations until your perl script works in a cgi-bin” vibes
May 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
what are the modern day “chmod incantations until your perl script works in a cgi-bin” vibes
Reposted by Justin Blake
spending an extra day outside with your friends and family throws off your sense of what day of the week it is. any time there's a special day we should get the whole week off to recalibrate
May 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
spending an extra day outside with your friends and family throws off your sense of what day of the week it is. any time there's a special day we should get the whole week off to recalibrate
Hey the next Gren Twigs is up about making a pomodoro timer on the command line with gren-tui. In this one we make the cow start counting down our pomodoro timer. Exciting stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEeU...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEeU...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
Gren Twigs 23 - Pomodoro timer on the command line with Gren TUI: Part 2
YouTube video by Justin Blake
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hey the next Gren Twigs is up about making a pomodoro timer on the command line with gren-tui. In this one we make the cow start counting down our pomodoro timer. Exciting stuff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEeU...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEeU...
#FunctionalProgramming #gren #tui
I only use hjkl to move around in vim because I need a little time to think about what I'm going to do when I get there.
May 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I only use hjkl to move around in vim because I need a little time to think about what I'm going to do when I get there.
back in the day you could just call your band kansas. or genesis
May 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
back in the day you could just call your band kansas. or genesis
the simpsons skinner on the playground meme and hes saying “no the trans kids are the problem”
May 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
the simpsons skinner on the playground meme and hes saying “no the trans kids are the problem”
learn G, C, E, and D and then stop
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
learn G, C, E, and D and then stop
I'm averaging three posts per decade on my blog. Should start thinking of posts for the next ten years.
May 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm averaging three posts per decade on my blog. Should start thinking of posts for the next ten years.
imagine if javascript was real
May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
imagine if javascript was real
Posted a new gren twigs video where we start making a command-line pomodoro timer with gren-tui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUUf...
Gren Twigs 22 - Pomodoro timer on the command line with Gren-TUI: Part 1
YouTube video by Justin Blake
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Posted a new gren twigs video where we start making a command-line pomodoro timer with gren-tui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUUf...
water is a kind of juice from the ground
May 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
water is a kind of juice from the ground
Our order of guitar tuners and hermit crab shells is delayed.
May 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Our order of guitar tuners and hermit crab shells is delayed.
Why do I stay subscribed to tech newsletters when they just bum me out. What am I afraid I’ll miss. Why am I typing this. Where am I. My head hurts.
May 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Why do I stay subscribed to tech newsletters when they just bum me out. What am I afraid I’ll miss. Why am I typing this. Where am I. My head hurts.
You can use all the exclamation marks and emojis you want in all of your work chats and emails it’s fine!
May 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You can use all the exclamation marks and emojis you want in all of your work chats and emails it’s fine!
feeling nostalgic for xhtml validators
May 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
feeling nostalgic for xhtml validators
Just posted a video that takes you from an empty directory to a full stack #gren web application that talks to a database!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1L...
#FunctionalProgramming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1L...
#FunctionalProgramming
Gren Twigs 22 - From Zero to Full Stack Gren with a Database
YouTube video by Justin Blake
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just posted a video that takes you from an empty directory to a full stack #gren web application that talks to a database!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1L...
#FunctionalProgramming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1L...
#FunctionalProgramming
remember when hosting websites was a business
May 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
remember when hosting websites was a business
Sprint: running as fast as you can for a short distance. Yes, this unsustainable way of moving is a good model for how we should work every single week.
May 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sprint: running as fast as you can for a short distance. Yes, this unsustainable way of moving is a good model for how we should work every single week.
The same kid that said "it's just screaming" when I played them Cap'n Jazz asked "is he making it funny on purpose?" when I played him Daniel Johnston.
May 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The same kid that said "it's just screaming" when I played them Cap'n Jazz asked "is he making it funny on purpose?" when I played him Daniel Johnston.
daniel johnston should have been in cap'n jazz
May 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
daniel johnston should have been in cap'n jazz