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# May 31th, 2016
NB: On Tuesday this week since Monday was Memorial Day.
## Agenda
1. Retrospective on last week:
- What went well?
- What was challenging?
- What did you learn?
## What went well?
@joshvera:
- Diff summaries merged.
- Introduced a new prelude.
- Pairing with Rick.
- Alignment!
@rewinfrey:
- Pairing with Josh.
- Was at MoonConf and enjoyed the conference.
- Almost finished with Haskell Tic Tac Toe.
@robrix:
- Alignment resolved!
- Getting diff summaries merged.
## What was challenging?
@joshvera:
- Didn't make as much progress on the structure of diff summaries as desired.
@rewinfrey:
- Continuing to adjust to the project.
- Hit an edge case in Minimax that is tricky.
@robrix:
- Not sure why the line approach in alignment solved the problem.
- In stack 1.1 you cannot rely on it rebuilding internal packages (must clean and rebuild semantic diff tool)
## What did you learn?
@joshvera:
- Learned about the different types of preludes.
- Learned about an extension in GHC 8.0 that introduces Applicative Do syntax, but is tricky to use in parallel computations because of the order of executation.
@rewinfrey:
- Learned about different recursion schemes (zygotmorphism
- The transition from thinking about function application to thinking about function composition was an eye-opener.
- Understanding a lot more about why certain shapes are advantageous.
- http://livestream.com/accounts/16500216/events/5467460 (first video)
- Greg Pfeil's talk: 02:24 Recursion Where FP Hits Bottom
- Amar Shah's talk: 04:24 Point Free or Die
- Ashley Powell's talk: 05:57 Negotiating Salary for Women in Tech
- Patrick Thomson's talk: 06:25 Bracer: Transforming Real-World Languages with Coproducts and Recursion Schemes
@robrix:
- Learned a lot about GHCi debugging.
- Remembered to question assumptions, specifically about alignment property tests that were throwing results off.
- Using Arbitrary for purposes other than QuickCheck.
## Other Items
@robrix:
- Planning this week about the timeline for staffshipping diff summaries.
- Planning for a possible mini-summit in late June.