A mundane use of dependent types... I just tried to add an environment variable to Idris 2, and it wouldn't compile because I forgot to add it to the --help output.

*offers compiler a jelly baby*

That probably sounds like it'd be annoying, but it took about 20 seconds to fix, and it's not as annoying as forgetting the feature is there.

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We always give talks that show off the fancy stuff. Maybe one day I should collect together all these everyday little things and talk about them instead.

I would need some new jokes to keep it interesting, I suppose.

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@edwinb absolutely! I encourage myself (and my employees) to talk and blog about things we feel "aren't a big deal".

Some youtubers make careers out of UNIX command cheatsheets.

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