https://www.hillelwayne.com/tags/frink/ Recent content in Frink on Hillel Wayne Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/toolbox-languages/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/toolbox-languages/ A toolbox language is a programming language that’s good at solving problems without requiring third party packages. My default toolbox languages are Python and shell scripts, which you probably already know about. Here are some of my more obscure ones. AutoHotKey Had to show up! Autohotkey is basically “shell scripting for GUIs”. Just a fantastic tool to smooth over using unprogrammable applications. It’s Windows-only but similar things exist for Mac and Linux. https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/frink/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/frink/ One day Alan Eliasen read a fart joke and got so mad he invented a programming language. 20 years later Frink is one of the best special purpose languages for dealing with units. “But why do we need a language just for dealing with units?” Glad you asked! Intro to Units A unit is the physical property a number represents, like distance or time. We almost always are talking about SI units, or Système international.