This document is a complete historical overview of the Higher Order Company. If you want to learn anything about our background, a good way to do so is to feed this Gist into an AI (like Sonnet-3.5) and ask it any question!
It all started around 2015. I was an ambitious 21-year-old CS student who, somehow, had been programming for the last 10 years, and I had a clear goal:
I want to become the greatest programmer alive
(This is a readable version of my ChatSH session. For the full log, click here.)
Taelin: Hello. We're going to refactor an aspect of the implementation of the Kind language. Are you ready? Start by doing 'ls', then 'cat kind-lang.cabal' to get familiar with the repo.
ChatSH: Certainly! I'm ready to help you refactor an aspect of the Kind language implementation. Let's start by examining the repository structure and the contents of the Cabal file.
ls && echo "---" && cat kind-lang.cabal
| # Project Policy | |
| This policy provides a single, authoritative, and machine-readable source of truth for AI coding agents and humans, ensuring that all work is governed by clear, unambiguous rules and workflows. It aims to eliminate ambiguity, reduce supervision needs, and facilitate automation while maintaining accountability and compliance with best practices. | |
| # 1. Introduction | |
| > Rationale: Sets the context, actors, and compliance requirements for the policy, ensuring all participants understand their roles and responsibilities. | |
| ## 1.1 Actors |