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Archive for July 23rd, 2026

The Dutch Tax and Customs Administration uses JetBrains MPS with a their self developed DSL

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/23

Cool: part of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration (Douane / Belastingdienst) uses JetBrains MPS (Meta Programming System) with a DSL (Domain Specific Language):

[Wayback/Archive] MPS_DTO_Case_Study.pdf [Wayback PDF View/PDF View]

Agile Law Execution Factory (ALEF), is an IDE developed with JetBrains MPS that uses a natural language to specify services, fact patterns, tax rules, and test cases.

It reminds me of some 30 years ago having trained a group of students that were also taught how to use a subset of natural language to phrase specifications by Professor G.M. Nijssen.

--jeroen

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Julia posted a challenge: Implement DNS in a weekend

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/23

Missed the original announcement of [Wayback/Archive] Implement DNS in a weekend

Even after a few years, it is still a fun project to take on.

Via [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans on Twitter: “it’s fun to see all the different languages people are implementing DNS in a Weekend in (implement-dns.wizardzines.com) — so far I’ve seen C#, Rust, Kotlin, Clojure, Golang, Elixir, Typescript, and Python”

More:

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