Creating a simple HTTP RESTful API for exposing our `Server.semiprime`
function. It supports some help messages, primitive parsing and error handling,
and singular vs. batch processing of arguments.
For more sophisticated parsing and error-checking, I prefer to use Haskell's
Servant library.
- Clear the boilerplate that `mix` generated
- Consume `Math.factor` to test which inputs are semiprimes
- Cache all inputs that are semiprimes as soon as we discover that they are
- semiprimes
I considered a couple things related to the Cache:
- Could save space by storing all semiprime factors in a tree. This would make
the lookups more expensive. Also because the tree's depth would never exceed
two (because all semiprimes only have two factors), the tree would be quite
broad, and we may not be saving enough space for the trade to be worthwhile. I
might be wrong about that though.
- We could consider pre-computing all semiprimes when we start the app, but
without running some tests firsts, I'm not sure whether or not it's worth the
trouble.
Define a simple in-memory key-value store for our cache.
TL;DR:
- Define `Cache` as a simple state-keeping `Agent`
- Define `Sup`, which starts our Cache process
- Define `App`, which starts our Supervisor process
- Whitelist `App` in `mix.exs`, so that it starts after calling `iex -S mix`
In case I want to package this project with Nix. For now, it's useful to store
this at the project root because it help my Emacs's `project-find-file`
function.
In the spirit of Marie Kondo, I'm tidying up!
TL;DR:
- Prefer .envrc `use_nix` and delete all dir-locals.nix files
- Remove ~all references to <nixpkgs>, <unstable>, <depot> and prefer
referencing each with briefcase.third_party.{pkgs,unstable,depot}
- Delete nixBufferFromShell function since I was only using that in
dir-locals.nix files
Unforeseen problem: `buildkite-agent` runs its builds in a separate directory,
so if I want the `nix-build` command to build the newly checked out code, I need
to set <briefcase> to the CWD.
I've been doing a few take-home assessment recently, all of which I've attempted
to solve using Haskell. I'm having a good time, and I'm noticing strong and weak
points with my Haskell programming. I always attempt to apply any feedback a
reviewer gives me, and I'm storing my first drafts, second attempts, and
feedback here for now.
This recently attempt was for a role at Jane Street.
