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From Term to Script: How PlutusType Drives Plutarch
In this post, discover how PlutusType provides the Monad-like interface at the heart of Plutarch, bridging low-level Term abstractions to deploy Plutus Core scripts. We unpack the internals of the Term type, explore both manual and via-deriving PlutusType instances, and show you how to write composable, type-safe on-chain logic.
Quasiquoting for Fun, Profit, Expressions and Patterns
In this post, discover how quasiquoters overcome three key smart-constructor limitations—compile-time errors, lack of pattern matching, and fixed syntax—by leveraging Template Haskell to produce both expressions and patterns with familiar, literal syntax.