Sign of the times?

The Haskell and broader typed functional programming job market seems to be coming to life, at least if google ads are anything to go by:

Several FP jobsAnd these are not just the usual suspects (places like Galois, where I started working as a Haskell hacker just a few weeks ago). In the past months I’ve seen “help wanted” signs for Haskell programmers for a curious range of positions:

Does this mean the lambda has been “commoditised”?

VivaLong live the lambda revolution! ;)

Sunset over Portland

An amazing sunset last night, as the sky cleared over Portland just before the sun disappeared over the hills. I suspect the colours are due to all the ash in the air due to the fires in southern California. These are taken with my cheap digital camera, from our apartment in the centre of the city, looking west, and haven’t been altered.

Nice reflection in the glass.

Clear sky in the West.

Quite strange colours in the cloud.