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AI · August 30, 2017

isomorƒ

an experimental software development paradigm

isomorƒ launched on August 30, 2017 with 7 votes, #1,175 of 3,214 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

isomorƒ is an experimental software development paradigm. It is a structured cloud IDE designed around the ideas of functional programming, projectional editing, and serverless architecture and built to reduce barriers to entry and increase developer efficiency. Come take a tour: https://isomorf.io/#!/tour

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