R is what happens when a programming language grows up surrounded by statisticians, academics, and people who think “normal” is something you should test for. At its core, R is a language and runtime built for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. If Python is the friendly golden retriever of programming, R is the brilliant … Read more
Happy New Year 2026. May your builds be green, your deployments be boring, and your password manager stop asking if you want to “save this one too” like it is collecting them for a scrapbook. Now, let’s talk about Perl. Perl is that legendary coworker who has been at the company since before the company … Read more
Some languages kick down the door, overthrow the king, and declare a new era. Visual Basic walked in politely, fixed the printer, automated your spreadsheet, shipped a working app by Friday, and then stayed in the building for 30 years because nobody ever found the keys to make it leave. And yes, it is still … Read more
Move is the programming language that treats digital assets like they’re real things you could drop on your foot. It’s strongly typed, resource-oriented, and designed so tokens, NFTs, and capabilities can’t accidentally vanish in a puff of “whoops.” Born at Facebook’s Diem project and now powering chains like Aptos and Sui, Move aims to make … Read more
Want the 10,000-ft tour first? Here’s the Web3 overview you can actually own. If you’re here mainly for systems-level nerdery, the warm-up act was this Rust piece. Today we’re kicking off a five-parter on Web3 programming languages with a snackable, mildly opinionated overview of the four you’ll bump into most: Solidity, Vyper, Rust, and Move. … Read more
Let’s settle an ancient internet debate that has outlived floppy disks and low-rise jeans: what’s the difference between a “programming language” and a “scripting language”? Short answer: a vibe. Long answer: a vibe… plus history, runtimes, compilation, and the marketing department. The 60-Second Origin Story Back when computers were loud furniture, programming languages (think C, C++, … Read more