"In their new book, Domain Specific Languages, Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons demystify the creation of small languages by decomposing the practice into four-dozen carefully-named essays (patterns) offering solutions to every problem one might encounter. What would they call Txtzyme? They'd call it Delimiter-Directed Translation with Embedded Interpretation."

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"This dilemma is the basis for the oft-cited impedance mismatch between relational databases and object oriented languages. Tables are data structures, not classes. Objects are encapsulated behavior, not database rows... So applications built around ActiveRecord are applications built around data structures. And applications that are built around data structures are procedural—they are not object oriented. The opportunity we miss when we structure our applications around Active Record is the opportunity to use object oriented design."

"Visual frameworks are for exploring, organizing and communicating information. They help clarify thinking and generate new ideas. This prototype "deck" aims to capture, categorize and explain what the core visual frameworks are, and how they're used. It's a work in progress... feedback welcomed!"

"This is a game concerning the imaginary conflict between two powerful wizards in a duel of sorcery. The two opponents perform magical gestures with their hands to create their supernatural weapons - spells. Some spells are so potent as to be able to blind a man, call forth terrifying creatures, or even kill the unfortunate victim instantly. Consequently, each wizard must rely on his own cunning to be able to time enough defensive spells to avoid the brunt of his adversary's attack, yet deliver sufficient offensive spells of his own to crack the magical armour of his opponent, and kill the wizard outright."