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How to design powerful DSLs for users

Talkat FOSDEM 2022 · on Sunday, 2022-02-06· at 11:15· D.minimalistic· [compilers-and-language-design]
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Shows how the Nyxt browser team designed and implemented several domain-specific languages to replace or complement things like databases, CSVs and configuration files; discusses the design goals, constraints and trade-offs they used when building those DSLs; and explains practical ways developers can adopt similar DSLs to give users more power and flexibility.

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