From e97d560e523fc35b9572a781692a56e78c46c7b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean T Allen Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:45:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Last Week in Pony - November 10, 2024 (#1023) --- .spelling-wordlist.txt | 1 + docs/blog/posts/last-week-in-pony-111024.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/blog/posts/last-week-in-pony-111024.md diff --git a/.spelling-wordlist.txt b/.spelling-wordlist.txt index 5ae8a326..87310f65 100644 --- a/.spelling-wordlist.txt +++ b/.spelling-wordlist.txt @@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ isolcpus Iterable iteratively itertools +jackassery Jairo Jairo's Jaroslaw diff --git a/docs/blog/posts/last-week-in-pony-111024.md b/docs/blog/posts/last-week-in-pony-111024.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1fc80d4d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/blog/posts/last-week-in-pony-111024.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +draft: false +authors: + - seantallen +categories: + - "Last Week in Pony" +title: "Last Week in Pony - November 10, 2024" +date: 2024-11-10T07:00:06-04:00 +--- + +Pony was the topic of a recent episode of Mike Shah's "First Impressions" series. + + + +## Items of Note + +### "First Impressions" Video + +Adrian Boyko let me know that a fellow named Mike Shah did a [video about his first hour exploring Pony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA9I6KiCIFA). It starts from "I was told about Pony" and him doing some Googling and ends up with him part way into the tutorial. + +Both myself and Sylvan watched the video and loved it. It was great to see someone new to Pony working through the website and the tutorial and getting a feel for the language. It's always interesting to see what people find confusing or difficult when they're new to Pony. + +I liked it enough to log into YouTube so I could leave a comment for Mike letting him know how much I loved it. + +A few quotes from Sylvan: + +> "I hope this guy is a professor somewhere. I think he'd be a legit good teacher." +> +> "I really like that he appreciates the docs." +> +> "I give that a '0% hot take' rating. This guy is great." + +There's a few bit of documentation that I wrote that are full of my own special form of jackassery. I'm really happy that Mike got a kick out of the [bureaucracy package documentation](https://stdlib.ponylang.io/bureaucracy--index/). + +You aren't going to learn any Pony from this video, but if you are into programming languages, I think you'll like it. + +### Office Hours + +Office Hours this week was some combination of myself, Adrian, and Red. We talked about a variety of topics, few of which were Pony related. We had a good time. You should stop by and join us some time. We are happy to help with Pony questions or just shoot the shit. + +--- + +_Last Week In Pony_ is a weekly blog post to catch you up on the latest news for the Pony programming language. To learn more about Pony, check out [our website](https://ponylang.io) or our [Zulip community](https://ponylang.zulipchat.com). + +Got something you think should be featured? There's a GitHub issue for that! Add a comment to the [open "Last Week in Pony" issue](https://github.com/ponylang/ponylang.github.io/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Alast-week-in-pony).