Jon Laing

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Irregular Expression: The Blog

Always human authored · no generative AI

The unhinged ramblings of a prematurely curmudgeon software purist

September 8, 2026

AI is for Seniors, Only

While AI coding assistants have gotten very powerful in the last few years, their utility is extremely dependent on those prompting it. This makes them a foot-gun for newer developers, who are often not yet skilled enough to use them effectively.

September 7, 2026

Schrödinger's Tiger

The power of Effecful programming in Typescript

August 6, 2026

The Story of Stax

The story of creating Stax, my reactive frontend framework built on top of Effect.ts.

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