<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:57:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/functors/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics for Software Design: Functions, Categories, and Functors!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Category Theory – "CT" from here on – is the study of transformations, in a general sense. A very general sense. It has been called "thinking with arrows," because whenever CT folks]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@noriega/mathematics-for-software-design-functions-categories-and-functors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@noriega/mathematics-for-software-design-functions-categories-and-functors</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[noriega]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 02:37:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WD7CCdwhBvXSEW6JyVzbEA88PgFYSfz6kNQhE2VyCqYxReiS1aTh24e51SEYVNw9ik47ddddRCcHNQtvu7zN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Functional programming - Functors - Some more intuition]]></title><description><![CDATA[As additional support for my previous post on functors, I want to throw in this less technical example. As you can see in the drawing, we have the following: A little world of transformations between things]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@noriega/functional-programming-functors-some-more-intuition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@noriega/functional-programming-functors-some-more-intuition</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[noriega]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 05:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WNgoFWYBF9MUsK26WMUcUSHdbra8TEummmsdrYc4dvNRP8iX2YHb8JQHM7RYrnJWL3KSTLiUEkMHTL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Functors Are Not Boxes - The box analogy is bad - Stop using it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything in the universe can be thought of as "a box" if you try hard enough. A computer is a box of interconnected electronic thingies. A pizza is a disc-shaped box of... a bunch of stuff.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@noriega/functors-are-not-boxes-the-box-analogy-is-bad-stop-using-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@noriega/functors-are-not-boxes-the-box-analogy-is-bad-stop-using-it</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[noriega]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 04:00:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvGxcAuwCHcLQc8N9mLXQzFhQcBvMYuonpW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Functional Programming: Alternatives to the IF #Functional #JavaScript #Monads]]></title><description><![CDATA[couple of times I have been asked "How would you do X in functional programming?" I absolutely love these types of questions. I do my best to answer every question, but I think there are many]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/javascript/@joelnet/functional-programming-alternatives-to-the-if-functional-javascript-monads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/javascript/@joelnet/functional-programming-alternatives-to-the-if-functional-javascript-monads</guid><category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joelnet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:37:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>