I keep my field green by writing about tech and sometimes life. https://keywordsalad.com https://keywordsalad.com/images/grass-256x256.png https://keywordsalad.com Technology Software Engineering en-US logan.mcgrath@keywordsalad.com (Logan McGrath) logan.mcgrath@keywordsalad.com (Logan McGrath) Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:56:10 -0400 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:56:10 -0400 Hakyll Copyright © 2012-2026 Logan McGrath. All rights reserved. I spent years as a principled curmudgeon about AI. Then Claude cast a season of Love Island starring programming languages, and reader, I folded. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2026/07/14/reasons-why-i-love-claude/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2026/07/14/reasons-why-i-love-claude/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:56:10 -0400 ai claude love island reality tv programming languages drama humor Combining functions to build a parser Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/09/05/parser-combinators/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/09/05/parser-combinators/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:55:18 -0700 functional programming programming scala design patterns combinators parsing Leveraging the case of the previous effect to indicate whether computation of the next effect should proceed. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/06/17/imperative-computation/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/06/17/imperative-computation/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:47:11 -0700 functional programming programming scala design patterns contexts Modeling a mathematical set as a function. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/06/16/set-function/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/06/16/set-function/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 22:22:26 -0700 functional programming programming scala design patterns combinators Leveraging the effects of two or more contexts to allow computations to proceed or halt. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/06/05/enabling-control-flow/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/06/05/enabling-control-flow/ Sun, 05 Jun 2022 14:01:07 -0700 functional programming programming scala design patterns contexts Ever wonder what the purpose of that map() method was on so many objects? Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/03/15/contexts-and-effects/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/03/15/contexts-and-effects/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:20:00 -0700 functional programming programming scala design patterns contexts Duct tape performs better than systemd for keeping my webserver's ssh tunnels open Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/02/09/persistent-ssh-tunnels/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2022/02/09/persistent-ssh-tunnels/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:02:28 -0800 self host duct tape yak shave My website comes out of the closet. This is from where I host several of my services, but the uptime is terrible! Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2021/12/11/reasons-why-my-website-is-offline/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2021/12/11/reasons-why-my-website-is-offline/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:43:25 -0800 self host configuration management tinfoil hat duct tape yak shave My website prior to 2021 was authored using octopress or jekyll. Truthfully I don't remember which as I haven't touched my website in quite a few years. I want to update my homepage and I'm in a bind because I don't know how to produce a build after I make changes. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2021/12/05/redoing-my-website/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2021/12/05/redoing-my-website/ Sun, 05 Dec 2021 08:08:32 -0800 hakyll haskell yak shave programming The App-Config-App now lets you promote changes between environments! Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/28/promoting-changes-with-app-config-app/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/28/promoting-changes-with-app-config-app/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:04:00 -0600 angularjs perforce sinatra configuration management Paul Hammant found this cool Server-Side Piano and I've modified it to be configurable from a running App-Config-App. Because the sound is generated at the server, you're able to see (hear) the Server-Side Piano change its configuration without reloading the UI. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/20/app-config-app-in-action/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/20/app-config-app-in-action/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:00:00 -0600 angularjs perforce sinatra configuration management Continuing from my last post, I've forked Paul Hammant's original App-Config-App and modified it to work against Perforce. I've decided not to continue using Perforce Chronicle as it is primarily intended for content management. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/16/scm-backed-application-configuration-with-perforce/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/16/scm-backed-application-configuration-with-perforce/ Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:00:00 -0600 configuration management perforce sinatra angularjs Following Paul Hammant's post App-config workflow using SCM and subsequent proof of concept backed by Git, I will show that an app-config application backed by Perforce is possible using Perforce Chronicle. Logan McGrath https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/07/using-perforce-chronicle-for-application-configuration/ https://keywordsalad.com/blog/2012/11/07/using-perforce-chronicle-for-application-configuration/ Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:54:00 -0600 perforce configuration management