For 2 months, as of writing, I’ve been working on Vern, an array language built around the idea of creating complexity from simplicity.

Arraylangs¹ usually² use Unicode glyphs to allow for concise code.
While this is very convenient for code size, it’s not very convenient for actually writing it, since you need to find a way to write those glyphs.

Every array language has a different way of solving this issue, and since I’ve been writing my own, I’ve been thinking about these systems quite a bit.

Have you ever participated in a hackathon? I hadn’t until a month ago.

Boot.dev’s first hackathon was announced July 22nd, and had three days to plan until the start of the hackathon on the 25th. I was thinking about what to make for it for 2 of those days.

Suddenly, my friend, Kyren, asked me if I wanted to join him and another member of Boot.dev, GottZ, on a team.