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Flexible metaprogramming with Rhombus

spdegabrielle — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:43:39 +0000

Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1079001/67840550991151ed/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48763291

Points: 110

# Comments: 4

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Rhombus Language 1.0"

spdegabrielle — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:10:30 +0000

I agree 100%. Racket is Awesome.

The Rhombus implementation is about 70% Racket!

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Summer Rhombus picture competition 2026"

spdegabrielle — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:06:54 +0000

yes - probably on the Racket discourse are you planning on entering?

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Rhombus Language 1.0"

spdegabrielle — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:02:25 +0000

Woo!

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Rhombus Language 1.0"

spdegabrielle — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:24:12 +0000

Rhombus is designed to be

* approachable and easy to use for everyday purposes, with a readable indentation syntax; and

* uniquely customisable with an _open-compiler API_ that is accessible to a wide audience.

Build your own AI-assisted personal health record

spdegabrielle — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:39:46 +0000

Article URL: https://openhealthhub.org/t/build-your-own-ai-assisted-personal-health-record/3006

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630812

Points: 2

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New comment by spdegabrielle in "A Metacircular Interpreter in Rhombus"

spdegabrielle — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:48:33 +0000

A metacircular interpreter in Rhombus: https://github.com/racket/rhombus/blob/master/rhombus/rhombu... Rhombus is a general-purpose programming language that is easy to use and uniquely customizable. https://rhombus-lang.org

A Metacircular Interpreter in Rhombus

spdegabrielle — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:48:33 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/racket/rhombus/blob/master/rhombus/rhombus/tests/example-interp.rhm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48560932

Points: 4

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New comment by spdegabrielle in "Summer Rhombus picture competition 2026"

spdegabrielle — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:58:19 +0000

# Summer Rhombus picture competition 2026

Rhombus is a general-purpose programming language that is easy to use and uniquely customizable.

Competition: Make an image with [Rhombus](https://rhombus-lang.org/) this summer! Win stickers!

1. While the rules require the use of Rhombus, they do not exclude using Racket or Racket libraries with Rhombus or the Rhombus FFI

2. I suggest the [Rhombus `pict` library](https://docs.racket-lang.org/rhombus-pict/index.html?fam=Rho...) but you can use whatever you like!

What will you win? I'll send Rhombus stickers to the top 10 winners!

Closing date: Friday 18 September 2026. Winners will be announced at the [(sixteenth RacketCon)](https://con.racket-lang.org/) 3-4 October 2026.

Announcement viewable at https://racket.discourse.group/t/summer-rhombus-picture-comp... (no login required to view)

Summer Rhombus picture competition 2026

spdegabrielle — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:58:19 +0000

Article URL: https://racket.discourse.group/t/summer-rhombus-picture-competition-2026/4282

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546270

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by spdegabrielle in "[dead]"

spdegabrielle — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:42:49 +0000

Bay Area Racket Meet-up - Saturday June 6, 3pm for people interested in Racket & Lisps, #fp and related topics at Noisebridge hackerspace, SF. Register at https://luma.com/35gm6zha Ann: https://racket.discourse.group/t/bay-area-racket-meetup-june...

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Racket v9.2"

spdegabrielle — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:42:40 +0000

Racket - the Language-Oriented Programming Language - version 9.2 is now available from https://download.racket-lang.org

See https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/05/racket-v9-2.html for the release announcement and highlights.

If you are using rackup you can upgrade with `rackup upgrade`

Don’t forget to migrate your packages with raco pkg migrate 9.1

Racket v9.2

spdegabrielle — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:42:40 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/05/racket-v9-2.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306713

Points: 240

# Comments: 35

UK Racket meet-up (London) Tuesday 17 March 7:30pm at The City Pride

spdegabrielle — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:52:43 +0000

# UK Racket meet-up Tuesday 17 March 7:30pm at The City Pride 28 Farringdon Ln, London EC1R 3AU https://racket.discourse.group/t/uk-racket-meet-up-london-17-march-2026/4113 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-racket-meet-up-tickets-1983405946578

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411972

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Rackup, a Toolchain Manager for Racket"

spdegabrielle — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:26:34 +0000

Awesome! Just tried it on macOS

`rackup install snapshot` got me straight to the latest nightly snapshot from https://snapshot.racket-lang.org/

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Racket 9.1 is now available"

spdegabrielle — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:18:43 +0000

Racket - the Language-Oriented Programming Language - version 9.1 is now available from https://download.racket-lang.org

See https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/02/racket-v9-1.html for the release announcement and highlights.

Racket 9.1 is now available

spdegabrielle — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:18:43 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/02/racket-v9-1.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47134338

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by spdegabrielle in "SQLite as an Application File Format"

spdegabrielle — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:23:51 +0000

I think the developers had the same idea https://fossil-scm.org/

New comment by spdegabrielle in "SQLite as an Application File Format"

spdegabrielle — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:15:09 +0000

Is there a software solution to mounting any DB as a filesystem?

New comment by spdegabrielle in "Racket v9.0"

spdegabrielle — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:15:37 +0000

Racket of course!

More seriously, there is no one ‘best lisp’.

What you use depends on the needs of the project. That might mean Racket, Guile, Clojure, SBCL or something else. It all depends on what you need to do.