Code and Poetry, a Conversation

In which I explore their similarities (while you remain skeptical)

Hallelujah—In Praise of Babel

with apologies to Leonard Cohen

Update 1: Now available in audio courtesy of the brilliant Shawn Wang Update 2: This is now the official song of Babel.js!

Why I wrote Just.

The Zen of Dependency-Free Modules.

See also: Just vs Lodash Tradeoffs

Just is a library of zero dependency npm modules that do just one thing.

If Reindeer Wrote JavaScript

A Visit from St. Nicholas is a poem written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823. You might know it from the opening line: “Twas the Night before Christmas”. Anyway, it’s pretty bad. The meter is awkward and the sentiment cheesy.