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Dune Developer Preview: Installing The OCaml Compiler With Dune Package Management
Dune's Package Management system now supports direct installation of OCaml compilers, eliminating the need for external tools. This update improves efficiency, as compilers can be shared across projects, reducing build times. The enhancement makes Dune Package Management more robust and ready for broader use.
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Dune Package Management: Revolutionising OCaml Development
At Tarides, we’ve been working on an initiative to improve the OCaml development experience: Dune Package Management. As outlined in the Platform Roadmap, which was created through community collaboration, the aim is to unify all OCaml development workflows under a single, streamlined tool. At Tar…
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Introducing the Dune Developer Preview: A New Era for OCaml Development
The Dune team is excited to announce the arrival of Dune Developer Preview, an experimental nightly release of Dune created to test improvements, including the new package management feature. This is a major milestone for OCaml development! We've been working hard improving Dune, and we're excited t…
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Introducing Dune: The Essential Build System for OCaml Developers
One of the first tools you'll encounter when adopting OCaml is Dune, OCaml's official build system. Understanding what Dune is and how it serves you is key to crafting everything from a small project to maintaining large-scale codebases. So let's dive in! Learn how Dune makes development easier and …
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Introducing the odoc Cheatsheet: Your Handy Guide to OCaml Documentation
For developers diving into the OCaml ecosystem, one of the essential tools you'll encounter is odoc. Whether you're a seasoned OCaml programmer or just starting out, understanding how to generate and navigate documentation efficiently is crucial. This is where odoc comes in, OCaml's official documen…
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Easy Debugging for OCaml With LLDB
If you’re just getting started with OCaml, you may be wondering how to effectively debug your code when things go wrong. Fortunately, OCaml's ecosystem has evolved, offering modern tools that make debugging a more approachable task. Tarides engineer Tim McGilchrist recently wrote a blog post that …
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Two Major Improvements in odoc: Introducing Search Engine Integration
In the world of OCaml documentation generation, there have been two significant enhancements that promise to make navigating OCaml documentation easier and more efficient. These improvements are divided into two distinct but interrelated components: changes in odoc itself and improvements in a searc…
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Improving OCaml.org to Provide an Engaging UX and Trusted User Resources
The OCaml.org team, which includes members from Tarides, have been working hard to improve OCaml.org. In the first half of 2023, our primary focus was on the much-needed overhaul of OCaml.org's documentation and overall UX Design. We aspired to enhance user experience and accessibility throughout th…
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Meet odoc, OCaml's Documentation Generator
Effective documentation is a cornerstone of software development. It helps developers understand how to use a language, its libraries, and its tooling, which leads to more robust and maintainable code. When it comes to OCaml, odoc is the wizard behind the scenes, ensuring developers not only underst…
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OCaml Survey: Developers' Perception, Interest, and Perceived Barriers
Tarides is conducting a survey targeting non-OCaml programmers to learn their thoughts about this functional programming language and uncover any misconceptions surrounding it. Please take a few mintues to fill it out if you haven't yet done so. This post shows our preliminary findings based on a re…
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Prioritising Mental Health at Tarides
In a world that never stops, it's easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life, often overlooking the importance of maintaining our mental well-being, one of the most vital aspects of our existence. Especially on World Mental Health Day, observed every October 10th, it's crucial to reflec…
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Engineer Spotlight: Sudha Parimala
For our third and final Engineer Spotlight, we interviewed Sudha Parimala, a Tarides engineer who works primarily on the Multicore Applications team. She talks about what lead her to become an OCaml programmer and why she's excited about OCaml 5, as our blog series on Multicore OCaml continues. Chr…
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Engineer Spotlight: Zach Shipko
Tarides engineer Zach Shipko answers a few questions about why he decided to learn OCaml and why he's particularly excited about the OCaml 5 release. In celebration of OCaml 5, we've interviewed several engineers about their personal experience with the language and what features they enjoy. It's a …
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Engineer Spotlight: Jules Aguillon
In celebration of the OCaml 5 release, we decided to interview a few of our talented engineers about OCaml. While it isn't a well-known language outside of the functional programming community, we're striving to get the word out about the great benefits of OCaml and why it's worth your time to try i…
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OCaml 5 With Multicore Support Is Here!
It's here! It's finally here! On Friday, 16 December 2022, the OCaml community announced the official release of Multicore OCaml! From the beginning, Tarides has been deeply involved in OCaml's evolution, so we're very proud to present OCaml 5! Our work with the myriad of academics, industrial devel…
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OCaml 5 Release Candidate Now Available!
We're in the home stretch for the full OCaml 5 release. Multicore is almost here! Yesterday its Release Candidate (RC) was announced on the OCaml Discuss, which is the final step before the major release, expected before Christmas. To learn more about the exciting features coming with OCaml 5, you c…
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OCaml 5 Beta2 Release
Just about a month after the OCaml 5 Beta release, the OCaml 5 Beta2 version has been released, taking us one step closer to the full OCaml 5 with Multicore release later this year. The OCaml community's collaboration is coming to fruition! Although we're not quite ready for the RC1 (Release Candida…
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Solve the 2022 Advent of Code Puzzles with OCaml
Too many programmers only know OCaml through a functional programming language overview course at university. They erroneously believe OCaml is used primarily in academia rather than in the real world. Not only is OCaml already used in several prominent businesses, it can also be used for fun projec…
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OCaml's Platform Installer Alpha Release
Yesterday we announced the OCaml 5 beta release, and today we're excited to introduce the OCaml Platform Installer! The OCaml Platform is the recommended toolchain when working with OCaml. This new installer enables programmers to quickly set up the OCaml developer environment, so they don't need to…
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OCaml 5 Beta Release
Back in June, we announced the OCaml 5 alpha release, and today we're excited to announce the first beta release! Now is an excellent time to test it and report positive or negative feedback on your projects (i.e., did it work, did you see impressive performance speed up, did you have issues finding…
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8 OCaml Libraries to Make Your Life Easier
OCaml is a statically-typed programming language that emphasizes readability, programmer efficiency, and semantic clarity. This powerful and efficient language has been gaining popularity among developers. The growing adoption of OCaml is because it's fast, type safe, and secure. It can be used in i…
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The Magic of Merlin
Tarides provides support and development services for OCaml tools, packages, and libraries for our commercial partners and for the benefit of the entire OCaml community. We focus on groundbreaking innovation, feature development, and crucial maintenance of OCaml-based projects. One of these projects…
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Secure Virtual Messages in a Bottle with SCoP
People love to receive mail, especially from loved ones. It’s heartwarming to read each word as their thoughts touch our deepest feelings. Now imagine someone else reading those private sentiments, like a postal worker. Imagine how violated they’d feel if their postal carrier handed them an open…
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'Signals and Threads' Podcast: What is an Operating System?
November has become MirageOS month! Between the upcoming official MirageOS 4.0 release, making custom Christmas Tree garlands with MirageOS on a Raspberry Pi, and now this "What is an Operating System?" podcast (featuring Tarides advisor and core MirageOS maintainer Anil Madhavapeddy), it truly is M…
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Tarides & Hyper: Partners in Agricultural Innovation
We are thrilled to announce a partnership between Tarides and Hyper, a technology provider in the agritech space who’s building an "operating system for high-performing farms." Indoor and vertical farms are becoming tech businesses that require scalable, flexible, and easy-to-use tools to facilita…
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MirageOS Workshop: Working with the Raspberry Pi 4
Earlier this week, Romain Calascibetta hosted an in-house MirageOS workshop for employees, both locally and remotely around the world. This interactive workshop taught participants how to build an operating system on a Raspberry Pi 4 using MirageOS. They got to create their own OS and play with proj…
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MirageOS 4.0 Preview Live Presentation
The official release of MirageOS 4.0 quickly approaches! Learn about some general MirageOS concepts and get a sneak park at the forthcoming changes in MirageOS 4.0 during a LIVE presentation today at 15h CET. Lucas Pluvinage will lead you through a live-streaming presentation to acquaint you with Mi…
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SCoP Passed Phase 1 of the DAPSI Initiative!
In April, we announced that the DAPSI initiative accepted the proposal for our Secure-by-Design Communication Protocols (SCoP) project. Today, we are thrilled to announce that SCoP has passed the initiative’s Phase 1, and we are now on our way to Phase 2! SCoP is an open, secure, and resource-effi…
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Tarides Returns to FIC 2021
Last year, Tarides had the honour of winning the “Coup de Coeur” Startup Award at the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC). It’s the leading cybersecurity event in the EU. It’s both a forum, to present and discuss innovations and reflect on the state of the European cybersecurity ecosyste…
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Tarides Engineers to Present at ICFP 2021
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the OCaml Language! It's an exciting time for OCaml programmers and enthusiasts. A fun and informative way to celebrate OCaml's birthday is to attend the 26th Annual International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP), held online this year due to ongoin…
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Tarides at WomenHack Virtual Event
Tarides takes great pride in a diverse workforce and strives to continue bringing talented people to its team from around the globe. This is why Sonja Heinze, a Tarides software engineer, and the Head of HR, Héloïse Lutton, will attend WomenHack, an online event dedicated to recruiting more women …
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Tarides Introduces OSMOSE at the Open-Source Innovation Sprint
Tarides is excited to announce that our CEO, Dr. Thomas Gazagnaire, and Prof. Anil Madhavapeddy, from the University of Cambridge, will present their innovative platform OSMOSE at the Open Source Innovation Sprint (OSIS) conference on 1 July 2021. This event is organized by Systematic. OSMOSE is a s…
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